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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Nathan Schara, Washougal, WA (US);
Eric Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);
KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling a medical imaging scope is disclosed. The system includes a camera head, a display, a processing unit, a memory unit and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope. The processing unit is configured to display a menu that correlates to a plurality of commands. The input is configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis, in a plurality of discrete patterns. The processing unit is further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.