Supply system and process for supplying a medical device with a fluid, comprising a wireless actuating unit
AssigneeDrägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsMaximilian BEHLER, Falko SIEVERS, Peter KAHNS
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Abstract
A supply system (1) and process supply a medical device with a fluid. A fluid supply port (3, 4, 5) of a supply unit (2) provides a fluid. An actuating unit (6a, 6b) detects an actuation of an actuating element (7a, 7b) and generates a message containing actuation information, which identifies the actuation. The message is transmitted via a wireless data connection (Dv) from a transmitter (8) of the actuating unit (6a, 6b) to a receiver (9) of the supply unit (2). The supply unit (2) changes a parameter of the fluid supply port (3, 4, 5), which influences the provision of fluid, in response to the reception of this message.
Claims11
A supply system for supplying a medical device with at least one fluid, the supply system comprising:
- a supply unit, wherein the supply unit comprises at least one fluid supply port and a receiver, wherein the at least one fluid supply port is configured to provide a fluid for a medical device;
- and
- an actuating unit, wherein the actuating unit comprises at least one actuating element, which is configured to be actuated by a person, and a transmitter,
- wherein a wireless data connection is establishable for a transmission of messages from the transmitter to the receiver,
- wherein the actuating unit is configured:
- to detect an actuation of the at least one actuating element;
- and
- depending on the detected actuation, to generate a message with actuation information identifying the actuation and to transmit the generated message via the data connection to the receiver,
- wherein the supply unit is configured to change a parameter of the supply unit in response to the receipt of this message with the actuation information, and
- wherein the parameter influences a provision of fluid through the at least one fluid supply port.
An arrangement comprising:
- a medical device;
- and
- a supply system, the supply system comprising:
- a supply unit, the supply unit comprising at least one fluid supply port and a receiver, wherein the at least one fluid supply port is configured to provide a fluid for the medical device;
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- an actuating unit, the actuating unit comprising at least one actuating element, configured to be actuated by a person, and a transmitter, the actuating unit being configured to detect an actuation of the at least one actuating element and depending on the detected actuation, to generate a message with actuation information identifying the actuation and to transmit the generated message via the data connection to the receiver, wherein:
- a wireless data connection is establishable for a transmission of messages from the transmitter to the receiver and the supply unit is configured to change a parameter of the supply unit in response to the receipt of one of the messages with the actuation information, and the parameter influences a provision of fluid through the at least one fluid supply port,
- wherein the medical device is connected to the at least one fluid supply port.
A supply system process comprising the steps of:
- providing the supply system, wherein supply system comprises:
- a supply unit, the supply unit comprising at least one fluid supply port and a receiver, wherein the at least one fluid supply port is configured to provide a fluid for a medical device;
- and
- an actuating unit, the actuating unit comprising at least one actuating element, configured to be actuated by a person, and a transmitter, the actuating unit being configured to detect an actuation of the at least one actuating element and depending on the detected actuation, to generate a message with actuation information identifying the actuation and to transmit the generated message via the data connection to the receiver, wherein:
- a wireless data connection is establishable for a transmission of messages from the transmitter to the receiver and the supply unit is configured to change a parameter of the supply unit in response to the receipt of one of the messages with the actuation information, and the parameter influences a provision of fluid through the at least one fluid supply port, wherein the medical device is connectable to the at least one fluid supply port of the supply system;
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- supplying the medical device with at least one fluid from the at least one fluid supply port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.