Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for the remote control of an operating table

US7068143B2 · kind B2 · utility

86Cited by

5References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TRUMPF MEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH + CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Doering · Saalfeld, DE
Christian Streitberger · Saalfeld, DE
Falk Georgi · Saalfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2002
Grant date	Jun 27, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/25192
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Remote control of an operating table which can be motor-adjusted by means of a drive device is provided for. Command signals for controlling the drive device are wirelessly transmitted to the operating table from an operator control unit. A unique association between the operator control unit and an operating table is ensured before command signals are sent by emitting an infrared control signal to the operating table by the operator control unit and then confirming the reception of the control signal from the operator control unit by radio signal from the operating table.

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