Method and apparatus for safe CT scanner button presses
US6751688B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/032
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is, in one embodiment, a method for efficiently and reliably communicating button presses electronically on a network from one or more push button nodes each having at least one push button, to a master node. This method includes steps of: generating status messages indicative of a push button states at each of push button node; communicating the status messages to the master node via the network; determining, at the master node, the state of the push buttons at each of the push button nodes from the communicated status messages; and triggering a response of the master node, in accordance with the statuses of the push buttons determined from the communicated status messages.
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