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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Lee Dunbar, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael Reisenbichler, Bothell, WA (US);
Scott N. Lockhart, Redmond, WA (US);
Lee Dunbar, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael Reisenbichler, Bothell, WA (US);
Scott N. Lockhart, Redmond, WA (US);
SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a device user who is within a sterile environment to interact remotely with a device physically located outside of the sterile zone. In one embodiment, the remote link is wireless and allows the operator to adjust critical controls without breaking the sterile environment. The remote device is designed to be sheathed in sterile sheaths and further designed, in one embodiment, to keep the remote control element from physically interacting with the patient and in some cases with the device operator. In one embodiment, the remote device operator interacts with the remote device verbally.