Surgical apparatus
US6402737B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B90/36
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical apparatus for automatically and dynamically changing the constitution of a system and the operation of respective elements. The surgical apparatus includes a plurality of devices respectively, a supervisory controller having a transmission path among the plurality of devices for supervisorily controlling the devices and an operational procedure description store for storing an operational procedure description describing operational procedures of the plurality of devices in which the supervisory controller includes a detector for detecting constitutions of the devices and for transmitting the operational procedure description necessary for the devices detected by the detector to the respective devices via the transmission path.
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