Device for the remote control of motions and operations of microsurgical equipment

Claim 1

In an operating chair for surgical operations under a microscope, having a control panel on which the chair is mounted, a plurality of switch assemblies mounted in the upper surface of said panel and arranged for operation by a surgeon's foot for the remote control of motions and operations of surgical and microscopical equipment, each of said switch assemblies comprising a housing, a cover plate for said housing, said cover plate having an aperture extending therethrough, a control member mounted above said cover plate and being laterally slidable thereon, said control member having a stud secured thereto which extends downwardly through said aperture, the diameter of said stud being less than the diameter of said aperture, a plurality of switches mounted within said housing and arranged around said stud, and means carried by said stud for actuating any selected one of said switches on lateral movement of said control member and stud in a direction transverse to the axis of said stud and toward said selected switch.