Medical diagnostic device comprising an operating element for controlling system components
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPhilipp Quaet-Faslem, Judith Regn, Elizabeth Rogers, Reiner Staab, Klaus Thormann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a medical diagnostic device comprising an operating element for controlling system components of the medical diagnostic device, said device comprising at least one operating lever which is embodied in such a way that it has at least one feature which is characteristic of the associated system component and is, for example, designed in such a way that it is congruent to the system component. In this way, the operating lever has a form adapted to that of the real system components or has the same form as said components.
Claims19
A medical diagnostic device, comprising:
- a control computer;
- an operating element coupled to the control computer to effect at least one physical movement of a system component of the medical diagnostic device to change a spatial arrangement of the system component;
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- an operating lever arranged on the operating element, the operating lever comprising a structural characteristic indicative of a form of the system component, wherein the structural characteristic of the operating lever is arranged to physically correspond with said at least one physical movement and indicate changes in the spatial arrangement of the system component.
A method for controlling a medical diagnostic device, comprising:
- coupling an operating element to a control computer;
- effecting with the operating element at least one physical movement in a system component of the medical diagnostic device to change a spatial arrangement of the system component;
- attaching an operating lever on the operating element, the operating lever comprising a structural characteristic indicative of a form of the system component;
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- arranging the structural characteristic of the operating lever to physically correspond with said at least one physical movement and indicating changes in the spatial arrangement of the system component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.