Electric plug device including integrated hydraulic/pneumatic ports
AssigneeInvendo Medical GmbH
InventorGünter Schütz
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Abstract
A combined socket for simultaneously establishing electric as well as hydraulic/pneumatic connections comprising a preferably slot-shaped receiving element in which electric contacts as well as hydraulic/pneumatic ports are integrated and comprising a locking mechanism for locking the positive contact by a plug, the locking mechanism being actuated hydraulically/pneumatically, electrically or electromagnetically.
Claims5
A combined socket for simultaneously establishing electric and hydraulic/pneumatic pressure connections, through electric and pressure lines, with a plug, comprising:
- a slot-like receiving element with integrated electric contacts and hydraulic/pneumatic pressure ports and a mechanism for locking a connection with the plug positively,
- wherein the locking mechanism is actuated by inserting the plug into the socket and by applying pressure through the plug from at least one of the pressure lines.
A Y-piece of a medical working instrument, preferably an endoscope, a trocar or a catheter, comprising:
- a combined socket for simultaneously establishing electric and hydraulic/pneumatic pressure connections, through electrical and pressure lines, with a plug, the socket comprising:
- a slot-like receiving element with integrated electric contacts and hydraulic/pneumatic pressure ports and a mechanism for locking a connection with the plug positively,
- wherein the locking mechanism is actuated by inserting the plug into the socket and by applying pressure through the plug from at least one of the pressure lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.