Operating menu for a surgical microscope
An operating menu is provided for display with a touch-sensitive display screen ( 105 ) in a surgical microscope ( 100 ). The operating menu has a first operator-controlled area ( 106 ) wherein at least one touch-sensitive actuation field ( 107 ) is provided for adjusting a surgical microscope operating mode. In a second operator-controlled area ( 108 ) of the operating menu, a touch-sensitive actuation field ( 109 ) is provided with a function dependent upon an adjusted surgical microscope operating mode.
1. A compact surgical microscope system comprising:
a console;
a stand unit mounted on said console and including a carrier arm;
a surgical microscope mounted on said carrier arm;
a single, self-contained, operator-controlled touch-sensitive display screen for displaying an operating menu for all control functions of said surgical microscope;
said display screen being mounted on said console;
said console and said display screen conjointly defining a front surface for facing toward the operator and said front surface being completely devoid of control elements except for said display screen;
a control computer mounted on said console and interconnecting said touch-sensitive display screen and said surgical microscope;
said operating menu including first and second operator-controlled areas displayed simultaneously on said display screen;
said first operator-controlled area having a first plurality of touch-sensitive actuation fields for selecting an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
said first operator-controlled area of said operating menu including:
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “surgical procedure” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “patient data input” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “user data input”; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “apparatus configuration”;
said second operator-controlled area displaying a second plurality of touch-sensitive fields in dependence upon the mode of operation selected from said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields; and,
said second plurality of touch-sensitive fields being provided for carrying out the selected mode of operation of said surgical microscope and being displayed simultaneously with said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields.
2. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which, when activated, makes possible an image recordation with a photo or video camera of the surgical microscope.
3. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field with the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which, when activated, makes possible the control of a video recorder of said surgical microscope.
4. The surgical microscope system of claim 3 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field, which makes possible the control of a video recorder of said surgical microscope, the operating menu has a third operator-controlled area wherein touch-sensitive actuation fields are provided for adjusting video recorder control functions.
5. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the control of a video camera of said surgical microscope.
6. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the control of audio functions of said surgical microscope.
7. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the control of dictating functions in the surgical microscope.
8. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field with the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the control of a self-balancing for a stand of said surgical microscope.
9. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “surgical procedure”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the control of a drape suction in said surgical micros cope.
10. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field with the function “surgical procedure”, a video monitor is configured in the second operator-controlled area with this video monitor displaying an image of a surgical area recorded by a video camera.
11. The surgical microscope system of claim 10 , wherein said second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field which effects a magnification of the video monitor when activated.
12. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of. the actuation field having the function “patient data input”, the second operator-controlled area displays one or several touch-sensitive actuation fields for at least one of patient data input and patient data.
13. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “patient data input”, a touch-sensitive actuation field for a password input is displayed.
14. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field having the function “apparatus configuration”, the second operator-controlled area displays at least one of:
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of optical units of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a light source of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a surgical microscope stand;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of audio and video functions of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of the touch-sensitive display screen of the surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a telephone which is integrated in the surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the configuration of e-mail adjustments of the surgical microscope; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field which makes possible the display of system data.
15. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field for the configuration of optical units of said surgical microscope, the operating menu displays a third operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a focus adjusting system;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a zoom adjustment system;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a diaphragm adjusting system; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a tube adjusting system.
16. The surgical microscope system of claim 15 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field for activating a focus adjusting system, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling an autofocus;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling a focus stop;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling a focus assist;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling a safety distance monitoring; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling a zoom-dependent focus speed.
17. The surgical microscope system of claim 15 , wherein, when activating the actuation field for activating a zoom adjusting system, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a zoom-dependent brightness adaptation;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a zoom drive speed; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a zoom start value.
18. The surgical microscope system of claim 15 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field for activating a diaphragm adjusting system, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided: a touch-sensitive actuation field for diaphragm adjustment and a touch-sensitive actuation field for controlling a fluorescence filter.
19. The surgical microscope system of claim 15 , wherein, when activating the actuation field for activating a tube adjustment system, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a pupil distance;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting an ocular ametropic correction;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting an ocular magnification; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a tube focal length.
20. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a light source of the surgical microscope, the operating menu displays an operator-controlled area wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a touch-sensitive actuation field for activating a light source;
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a light source speed; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting a zoom link for the light source.
21. The surgical microscope system of claim 20 , wherein at least one of the following is provided:
a display field in the operator-controlled area which displays a lamp burning duration; and,
a display field which displays the use of a substitute lamp.
22. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field which makes possible the configuration of the surgical microscope stand, the operating menu displays a third operator-controlled area wherein a touch-sensitive actuation field is provided for adjusting an allocation for function keys for a handle configured on the surgical microscope.
23. The surgical microscope system of claim 22 , wherein, with activation of the touch-sensitive actuation field for adjusting the allocation for function keys for a handle configured on the surgical microscope, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein one or several touch-sensitive fields are provided for the configuration of the handle.
24. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, with activation of the actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a surgical microscope stand, the operating menu displays a third operator-controlled area wherein a touch-sensitive actuation field is provided for activating a foot switch adjusting field.
25. The surgical microscope system of claim 24 , wherein, when activating the foot switch actuation field, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein one or several touch-sensitive fields are provided for configuring a foot switch.
26. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, when activating the actuation field which makes possible the configuration of the surgical microscope stand, the operating menu displays a third operator-controlled area wherein a touch-sensitive actuation field is provided for activating an actuation field for the adjustment of an xy-displacement device.
27. The surgical microscope system of claim 26 , wherein, when activating the actuation field for adjusting an xy-displacement device, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein touch-sensitive fields are provided for configuring an xy-displacement device.
28. The surgical microscope system of claim 14 , wherein, when activating the actuation field which makes possible the configuration of a surgical microscope stand, the operating menu displays a third operator-controlled area wherein a touch-sensitive actuation field is provided for activating an actuation field for the adjustment of stand brakes of the surgical microscope.
29. The surgical microscope system of claim 28 , wherein, when activating the actuation field for adjusting the stand brakes of the surgical microscope, the operating menu displays a fourth operator-controlled area wherein touch-sensitive fields are provided for configuring the stand brakes.
30. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein, when activating the actuation field with the function “user data input”, the second operator-controlled area displays a touch-sensitive actuation field for at least one of language selection and user profile change.
31. A compact surgical microscope system comprising:
a console;
a stand unit mounted on said console and including a carrier arm;
a surgical microscope;
a single, self-contained, operator-controlled touch-sensitive display screen for displaying an operating menu for all control functions of said surgical microscope;
said display screen being mounted on said console;
said console and said display screen conjointly defining a front surface for facing toward the operator and said front surface being completely devoid of control elements except for said display screen;
a control computer mounted on said console and interconnecting said touch-sensitive display screen and said surgical microscope;
said operating menu including first and second operator-controlled areas displayed simultaneously on said display screen;
said first operator-controlled area having a first plurality of touch-sensitive actuation fields for selecting an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
said first operator-controlled area of said operating menu including at least one of the following:
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “surgical procedure” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “patient data input” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope;
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “user data input”; and,
a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “apparatus configuration”;
said second operator-controlled area displaying a second plurality of touch-sensitive fields in dependence upon the mode of operation selected from said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields;
said second plurality of touch-sensitive fields being provided for carrying out the selected mode of operation of said surgical microscope and being displayed simultaneously with said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields; and,
at least a portion of said touch-sensitive fields having a parabolic periphery adapted to the fingers of the human hand to preclude unwanted erroneous operations.
32. The surgical microscope system of claim 31 , wherein said touch-sensitive fields having said parabolic periphery are ergonomically arranged on said display screen so as to cause the apex of each of said touch-sensitive fields to be directed outwardly toward an edge of said display screen.
33. The surgical microscope system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of said touch-sensitive fields have a parabolic periphery adapted to the fingers of the human hand to preclude unwanted erroneous operations; and, said touch-sensitive fields having said parabolic periphery are ergonomically arranged on said display screen so as to cause the apex of each of said touch-sensitive fields to be directed outwardly toward an edge of said display screen.