Medical system, media and/or energy source, and trocar
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorMartin WIETERS
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Abstract
A medical system including: a trocar configured to provide an artificial access to a body cavity of a patient; a medical instrument configured to be inserted through the trocar and into the body cavity of the patient for performing a medical function in the body cavity of the patient; and a controller configured to: determine whether the medical instrument is inserted into the trocar; and enable the performing of the medical function by the medical instrument only if the medical instrument is determined to be inserted into the trocar.
Claims25
A medical system comprising:
- a trocar configured to provide an artificial access to a body cavity of a patient;
- a medical instrument configured to be inserted through the trocar and into the body cavity of the patient for performing a medical function in the body cavity of the patient;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether the medical instrument is inserted into the trocar;
- and
- enable the performing of the medical function by the medical instrument only if the medical instrument is determined to be inserted into the trocar.
A trocar for use with a medical instrument, the trocar comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether the medical instrument is inserted into the trocar;
- and
- enable performing of a medical function by the medical instrument only if the medical instrument is determined to be inserted into the trocar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.