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Method and device for controlling the energy supply to a medical instrument

US11696794B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Erik Walberg · Redwood City, US
Stefan Eick · Tuttlingen, DE
Anton Werner Keller · Affoltern am Albis, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/126
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for controlling the energy supply to a medical instrument contains the medical instrument and an energy supply device. The energy supply device has at least a first and a second energy supply mode that can be preselected on the energy supply device and which supplies energy to the medical instrument according to a preselected energy supply mode. The energy supply device additionally has a third mode which differs from the at least two energy supply modes, can be preselected on the energy supply device, can detect an actuation of an energy supply operating element arranged on the medical instrument, and can carry out the supply of energy to the medical instrument in the first or second mode based on the detected actuation.

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