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US 8,465,473 B2Granted
Surgical footswitch with movable shroud
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorChristopher Horvath
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Abstract
The present invention provides a surgical footswitch with a movable shroud. The footswitch is capable of controlling different kinds of surgical instruments and is adaptable by moving the shroud to meet the convenience and safety requirements of each kind of surgical instrument.
Claims21
A surgical footswitch for controlling a surgical instrument, the surgical footswitch comprising:
- a base;
- a foot operated input device mounted to the base and operable to activate the surgical instrument;
- and
- a shroud movable between a first position in which the shroud blocks access to the input device from at least a first direction and a second position in which the shroud permits access to the input device from the first direction.
1 more element
A surgical system comprising:
- a first surgical instrument;
- a surgical console operably connected to the first surgical instrument;
- and
- a surgical footswitch operably connected to the surgical console, the footswitch having a foot operated input device operable to activate the surgical instrument, and a shroud movable from a first position in which the shroud blocks access to the input device from at least a first direction and a second position in which the shroud permits access to the input device from the first direction.
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A method of using a surgical footswitch comprising;
- operably connecting the footswitch to a first surgical instrument, the footswitch comprising an input device and a shroud;
- detecting whether the shroud is in a first position relative to the footswitch in which first position the shroud blocks access to a portion of the input device from at least a first direction;
- enabling the footswitch to activate the first surgical instrument only if the shroud is in the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.