Footswitch For A Medical Instrument
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorBernd Emmerich
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Abstract
A footswitch for a medical instrument, with a housing, and with an elastically deformable suction cup arranged in the housing, where a negative pressure is generated in the suction cup by means of an evacuation device in order to secure the housing to a floor surface. In order to create a footswitch which is suitable for a medical instrument and which, while having a simple design and being easy to handle, ensures that the footswitch is secured in a fixed position on a floor surface. The suction cup is elastically extensible via the evacuation device in order to generate the negative pressure by enlargement of the volume enclosed by the suction cup.
Claims14
A footswitch for a medical instrument, with a housing, and with an elastically deformable suction cup arranged in the housing, it being possible for a negative pressure to be generated in the suction cup by means of an evacuation devices in order to secure the housing to a floor surface, wherein the suction cup is elastically extensible via the evacuation device in order to generate the negative pressure by enlargement of the volume enclosed by the suction cup.
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