1.-12. (canceled)
13. A system for operating a plurality of medical devices of an examination and treatment facility, the examination and treatment facility having at least first and second medical devices, the system comprising:
a first data source connected to the first medical device and configured to provide data related to the first medical device;
a second data source connected to the second medical device and configured to provide data related to the second medical device; and
a control and processing unit having an input unit and a display device and configured to:
process the data provided by the first and second data sources;
control the processing of the data provided by both the first and second data sources using the input unit such that the input unit is a common input unit used for controlling the processing of the data provided by both the first and second data sources; and
display the processed data on the display device.
14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control and processing unit comprises:
a first data processing module for processing the data provided by the first data source; and
a second data processing module for processing the data provided by the second data source, and wherein the data processed by the first and second data processing modules are transmitted to the display device via a switch, via two parallel transmission paths or via a selectable encoding mechanism.
15. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the input unit comprises a selector switch or an encoding unit for selecting respectively encoding input commands such that depending on different types of the input commands different medical devices, different data processing modules or different display devices are accessed.
16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein
the display device is a monitor system having a plurality of monitors of an X-ray device, and
at least one monitor of the monitor system is used for displaying data originating from an electro-anatomical 3D mapping system or from a multi-modality visualization system.
17. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the input unit comprises a plurality of input sub-devices for controlling an X-ray machine, each of the input sub-devices individually or all of the input sub-devices jointly configured to be assigned to individual input commands for controlling individual medical devices.
18. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the input unit comprises a plurality of input sub-devices for controlling an X-ray machine, each of the input sub-devices individually or all of the input sub-devices jointly configured to be assigned to individual output commands for displaying the processed data.
19. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the input unit has an input sub-unit for entering input data and for selecting fields, the input data used for configuring the medical devices, and the selected fields used for accessing functions of the medical devices.
20. The system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein additional data entered into and stored in the control and processing unit is accessible by the plurality of medical devices.
21. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first medical device is a beam detector of an X-ray source, and the second medical device is an electro-anatomical 3D mapping system.
22. The device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the electro-anatomical 3D mapping system feeds position or orientation data to the control and processing unit, the position respectively orientation data determined by detecting an electromagnetic field, the electromagnetic field detected by receiver coils arranged in a catheter of the electro-anatomical 3D mapping system.
23. A method of operating a plurality of medical devices of an examination and treatment facility, the examination and treatment facility having at least first and second medical devices, the method comprising:
providing a first data source connected to and having data originating from the first medical device;
providing a second data source connected to and having data originating from the second medical device;
providing a control and processing unit for processing data provided by the first and second data sources;
inputting input commands into an input unit of the control and processing unit, the input unit configured to control processing of data provided by both the first and second data sources; and
outputting output commands to a display device, by the control and processing unit, wherein
the control and processing unit is a common control and processing unit for processing data provided by both the first and second data sources,
the input unit is a common input unit for controlling the processing of the data provided by both the first and second data sources, and
the display device is a common display device for displaying processed data related to both the first and second data source.
24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein
the common control and processing unit processes the data originating from the first and second data sources via first and second data processing modules, and
data processed by the first and second data processing modules are sent to the common display device via a switch, via two parallel transmission paths or via a selectable encoding mechanism.
25. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the input unit has a selector switch or an encoding unit for selecting respectively encoding input commands such that depending on different types of the input commands different medical devices, different data processing modules or different display devices are accessed.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A metal wire ultraviolet enhancer (UVE) holder (428) for attaching a UVE (424) having an outer envelope (530) to an electrical lead (420) of a lamp (400), said wire UVE holder (428) comprising:
a plurality of turns (640) comprising a first turn (642) and a final turn (644);
said first and final turns (642,644) having a substantially similar inner diameter (D) defining a through passage (646) shaped to conformingly receive said outer envelope (530) of said UVE (424);
a first leg (534) depending from said first turn (642);
a second leg (536) depending from said final turn (644; and
wherein said first leg (534) has a first distal portion (648) remote from said first turn (642) defining a first attachment region (650) adapted for attachment to a lamp capsule electrical lead (410);
wherein said second leg (536) has a second distal portion (652) remote from said final turn (644); and
wherein said second distal portion (652) is adjacent said first distal portion (648).
2. The wire UVE holder of claim 1, wherein said plurality of turns (640) consists of two turns (642,644), said final turn (644) being a second turn (644).
3. The wire UVE holder of claim 1, wherein said second distal portion (652) defines a second attachment region (654).
4. The wire UVE holder of claim 3, wherein said second attachment region (654) is secured to at least one of said first distal portion (648) and said lamp electrical lead (420).
5. A metal wire ultraviolet enhancer (UVE) holder (428) for attaching a UVE (424) having an outer envelope (530) to an electrical lead (420) of a lamp (400), said wire (428) comprising:
a plurality of turns (640) comprising a first turn (642) and a final turn (644);
said first and final turns (642,644) having a substantially similar inner diameter (D) defining a through passage (646) shaped to conformingly receive said outer envelope (530) of said UVE (424);
a first leg (534) depending from said first turn (642); and
wherein said first leg (534) has a first distal portion (648) remote from said first turn (642) defining a first attachment region (650) adapted for attachment to a lamp capsule electrical lead (410),
further comprising a second leg (536) depending from said final turn (644),
wherein said second leg (536) has a second distal portion (652) remote from said final turn (644),
wherein said second distal portion (652) defines a second attachment region (654) adapted for attachment to said lamp capsule electrical lead (410), and
wherein said second attachment region (654) is attached to said lamp capsule lead (410) at approximately a same location as said first attachment region (650) is attached.
6. The wire UVE holder of claim 1, wherein said second leg (536) and said first leg (534) have approximately equal length (L1,L2).
7. A lamp assembly comprising a lamp capsule (406) in combination with a wire ultraviolet enhancer (UVE) holder (428) for attaching a UVE (424) having an outer envelope (530) to an electrical lead (420) of a lamp (400),
said wire UVE holder (428) comprising:
a plurality of turns (640) comprising a first turn (642) and a final turn (644);
said first and final turns (642,644) having a substantially similar inner diameter (D) defining a through passage (646) shaped to conformingly receive said outer envelope (530) of said UVE (424);
a first leg (534) depending from said first turn (642);
a second leg (536) depending from said final turn (644); and
wherein said first leg (534) has a first distal portion (648) remote from said first turn (642) defining a first attachment region (650) adapted for attachment to a lamp capsule electrical lead (410); and
said lamp capsule (406) in electrical connection with a first electric lead (420) and a second electrical lead (410), said first leg (534) and said second leg (536) being both attached to a same one of said first and second electrical leads (410,420), and wherein an electrical lead (426) coupled to an electrode (532) disposed within said UVE (424) is attached to the other of said first and second electrical leads (410,420).
8. The lamp assembly of claim 7, further comprising a single weldment (538) on said first leg (534), said single weldment (538) being present on said first attachment region (650) and connecting said first leg (534) to said one of said first and second electric leads (410,420).
9. The lamp assembly of claim 7, further comprising a frame mount (410) supporting said lamp capsule (406) and defining said second electric lead (410), said first leg (534) being attached to a portion of said frame mount (410).
10. An ultraviolet enhancer (UVE)(424) and holder subassembly (428) comprising:
a UVE (424) for a lamp (400), said UVE (424) having an outer envelope (530);
a metal wire holder (428) for attaching said UVE (424) to an electrical lead (410) of said lamp (400), said wire (428) comprising:
a plurality of turns (640) comprising a first turn (642) and a final turn (644);
said first and final turns (642,644) defining a through passage (646) shaped to conformingly receive said outer envelope (530) of said UVE (424), said UVE outer envelope (530) being disposed in said through passage (646);
a first leg (534) depending from said first turn (642);
a second leg (536) depending from said final turn (644);
wherein said first leg (534) has a first distal portion (648) remote from said first turn (642) defining a first attachment region (650) adapted for attachment to a lamp capsule lead (410); and
wherein said second leg (536) has a second distal portion (652) remote from said final turn (644), said second distal portion (652) extending in a similar direction to said first distal portion (648), and
wherein said second distal portion (652) defines a second attachment region (654), said second attachment region (654) being secured to at least one of said first distal portion (648) and said lamp capsule lead (410).
11. The UVE and holder subassembly of claim 10 in combination with a lamp electrical lead (410), wherein a single weldment (538) joins said metal wire holder (428) to said lamp electrical lead (410), said weldment (538) being formed on said first attachment region (648).