The medical device is equipped with a position receiving section capable of acquiring position information based on the position of the operation reception section and the position of the object to be detected or close to or received from the operation reception section, and a control section for specifying the operation inputted by the detection object based on the change of the acquired positional information, and .医療機器は、操作受付部と、前記操作受付部に接触又は近接する検出対象の、前記操作受付部上での位置に基づく位置情報を取得可能な位置取得部と、取得された前記位置情報の変化に基づいて、前記検出対象により入力された操作を特定する制御部と、を備える。
