Display panel with pistol grip for use with anesthesia apparatus

US5231981A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• NAD AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Schreiber · Jena, DE
• Joachim Schreiber · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 1991
• Grant date: Aug 3, 1993
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/502
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control/display assembly for controlling and visually displaying operating conditions/functions of an associated apparatus, e.g., an anesthesia machine. The control/display assembly comprises a panel, e.g., screen, which is arranged to be manually moved and oriented with respect to the apparatus for the user's convenience and a pistol grip having a trigger and a rotary selector member mounted thereon. The pistol grip is arranged to be readily held in the hand of the user to move the panel to the desired position and/or orientation and to hold it stationary while the selector member and trigger are operated. The rotary selector is arranged to be rotated by the thumb of the user to move a cursor on the screen to a desired display/function. The trigger is arranged to be depressed by the user's finger to select a desired display/function.