Input device restriction management for safe remote operation of medical devices

An assistive method for providing remote assistance to a local operator of a medical imaging device, the assistive method comprising:

• receiving and displaying, at an assistor electronic device, a mirror of a controller video and receiving remote inputs directed to an electronic imaging device controller via at least one user input device of the assistor electronic device;
• transmitting a first set of the remote inputs that satisfy an access criterion to the electronic imaging device controller;
• and
• blocking a second set of the remote inputs that do not satisfy the access criterion from the electronic imaging device controller, wherein the blocking includes controlling the transmission of remote inputs from the user input device of the assistor electronic device to the electronic imaging device controller.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive and display, at an assistor electronic device, a mirror of a controller video and receiving remote inputs directed to an electronic imaging device controller via at least one user input device of the assistor electronic device;
• transmitting a first set of the remote inputs that satisfy an access criterion to the electronic imaging device controller;
• and
• blocking a second set of the remote inputs that do not satisfy the access criterion from the electronic imaging device controller, wherein the blocking includes controlling the transmission of remote inputs from the user input device of the assistor electronic device to the electronic imaging device controller.