Arrangement for the central monitoring and/or control of at least one apparatus
AssigneeStorz Endoskop GmbH
InventorsDavid Chatenever, Klaus Irion, Pavel Novak, Hans-Uwe Hilzinger
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Abstract
What is described here is a system for centrally monitoring and/or controlling at least one unit for endoscopy and particularly for minimally invasive surgery, such as an insufflation means, a pump, a light source and/or a video camera, wherein the unit or units to be controlled are interconnected via interfaces. The inventive system is characterised by the combination of the following features: the units are connected via the interfaces on a self-configuring bus to a BUS master, the BUS master configures the bus automatically, the BUS master monitors the communication on the bus for correct execution.
Claims40
System for centrally controlling a plurality of instruments for endoscopy characterized by:
- a self-configuring bus and a bus master and a plurality of interfaces interconnecting the instruments to the self-configuring bus;
- the instruments being operatively connected via interfaces on the self-configuring bus to said bus master,
- the bus master monitoring communication on the bus for correct execution;
- the bus master configuring the bus automatically whenever a said instrument is either newly connected or is disconnected from said bus without interruption of the operation of the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.