At least one medical instrument (14, 52, 100, 130) having a plurality of operable instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136-140, 152, 172 and 176-184). And 170) remote control devices (12, 50 and 160) for controlling the instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136 to 140, 152, 172 and 176 to 184) a plurality of physical pushbutton units (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72 and 74) and instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136 to 140, 152, 172 and 176 to 184) (84, 86, 88, 90, 112, 116, 118, 14) 148, 152, 190 to 200), a push unit (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72 and 74) and a push button unit (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72 and 74) inherent between the instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136 to 140, 152, 172 and 176 to 184) Providing units (20, 162, 164 and 166) for acquiring allocation information defining relevance and push button units (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72 and 74) according to the received allocation information. Divided into instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136 to 140, 152, 172 and 176 to 184) And a control unit (16) for controlling the pushbutton units (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72 and 74) to be visually detectable for visual distinction from each other. Remote control devices (12, 50 and 160) in which unique features are provided are described. The control unit (16) responds to the pictograms (84, 86, 88, 90, 112, 116, 118, 146, 148, 152, 190 to 200) displayed by the display units (18 and 82) according to the allocation information. Push button units (22, 24, 26, 68, 70, 72) assigned to the instrument components (54, 58, 60, 62, 106, 108, 132, 136 to 140, 152, 172 and 176 to 184) 74) the display units (18 and 82) are controlled so that visually distinctive features of 74) are provided. [Selection] Figure 2複数の作動可能な器具構成部品（５４、５８、６０、６２、１０６、１０８、１３２、１３６乃至１４０、１５２、１７２及び１７６乃至１８４）を有する少なくとも１つの医療器具（１４、５２、１００、１３０及び１７０）を制御するための遠隔制御装置（１２、５０及び１６０）であって、器具構成部品（５４、５８、６０、６２、１０６、１０８、１３２、１３６乃至１４０、１５２、１７２及び１７６乃至１８４）を作動させるための複数の物理的な押ボ
