User interface in a battery powered device
US9414880B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20666
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes a housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, and a user interface supported by the housing. The user interface includes visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements.
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