Medical imaging scope with customizable programmable commands

A method of customizing a plurality of commands of a medical imaging scope having a camera head, the method comprising:

• providing a processing unit configured to display a menu, the menu storing a plurality of commands;
• providing a memory unit;
• providing an input disposed on the camera head, the input configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis;
• and
• moving the input in a plurality of discrete patterns and actuating the processing unit to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.

A system for selectively controlling and programing of a medical imaging scope comprising:

• a camera head having an image capture device;
• a camera control unit operatively connected to the camera head;
• a user interface operatively connected to the camera control unit;
• and
• an input disposed on the medical imaging scope, the input configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis;
• wherein the camera control unit further comprises a processing unit having a memory unit;
• the processing unit configured to display a menu on the user interface that correlates to a plurality of commands;
• and
• wherein the input is selectively movable in a plurality of discrete patterns, the processing unit further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.