Arrangement for the central monitoring and/or control of at least one apparatus

US6397286B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Storz Endoskop GmbH · CH

Inventors

• David Chatenever · Lompoc, US
• Klaus Irion · Liptingen, DE
• Pavel Novak · Munich, DE
• Hans-Uwe Hilzinger · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1999
• Grant date: May 28, 2002
• Expiry date: May 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45169
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.