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Screen navigation control apparatus for ophthalmic surgical instruments

Alec Bernstein, +2 more
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In this paper, the authors present a screen navigation control apparatus for an ophthalmic surgical instrument, which includes a monitor having a screen and a monitor bezel having a generally horizontal shelf aligned with the bottom of said screen and an generally vertical portion aligned with a side of the screen, with a plurality of spaced apart switches, disposed on the horizontal shelf, one for activating corresponding vertical displays on screen, each corresponding vertical display being aligned with one of the switch means.
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Screen navigation control apparatus for an ophthalmic surgical instrument, the apparatus includes a monitor having a screen and a monitor bezel having a generally horizontal shelf aligned with a bottom of said screen and a generally vertical portion aligned with a side of the screen. A plurality of spaced apart switches, disposed on the horizontal shelf, one provided for activating corresponding vertical displays on screen, each corresponding vertical display being aligned with one of the switch means. A sliding touch control panel, disposed in a continuous strip along the bezel vertical portion enables selection of functions and alphanumeric data appearing in an activated vertical display.

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