Control unit for a medical device

US5879298A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Drobnitzky · Spardorf, DE
• Gerald Lenz · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Henrik Krogmann · Erlangen, DE
• Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H3/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control unit for a medical device has an actuation part and an electrical signal output that, due to an actuation of the actuation part, emits a control signal for a control computer of the medical device. The actuation device is secured to a work chair at the level of the heel of the foot of a person on the work chair.