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Operator control element for a device, in particular a medical device

US8427431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Werner Beck · Weyhe, DE
Klaus Bühler · Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, DE
Franz Meissner · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2005
Grant date	Apr 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16Z99/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an operating element for operating a device, especially an X-ray apparatus, in the form of a touch screen, said touch screen has a touch sensitive screen surface an is provided with a calibration routine for calibrating the touch screen. The invention is characterized in that during a start-up phase of the apparatus, the touch screen is configured in such a manner that it can be used as an activation element for activating the calibration routine.

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