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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167470 | Illumination device for generating light and supplying the light to an observation device used in endoscopy or microscopy An illumination device for generating light and supplying the light to an observation device used in endoscopy or microscopy comprises a light source having at least one LED and at least one optical waveguide to guide the light emitted by the light source. The proxi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8118769 | Apparatus for conditioning an insufflation gas An apparatus for conditioning an insufflation gas has an inlet for the delivery of an insufflation gas to a conditioning chamber. The conditioning chamber is used to charge the insufflation gas with a medicament by blowing the insufflation gas through a humidifying ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8037179 | Device control system employing extensible markup language for defining information resources A device control system including at least one device operable by the system, at least one processor, software executing on the at least one processor for receiving message data and determining a corresponding XML document type, software executing on the at least on... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8015014 | Speech recognition system with user profiles management component A speech recognition and control system continuously operable by two or more users. The system includes a receiver for receiving a speech input, a processor in communication with the receiver and a database in communication with the processor. The database includes ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7891251 | Device for measuring pressure A device for measuring pressure in a fluid line, with a fluid chamber, which is connected with the fluid line so as to allow flowthrough, and with a transducer, characterized in that the fluid chamber includes an opening to a branch line and in the branch line of th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7844657 | System for controlling medical devices A system for controlling medical devices is disclosed, generally comprising a surgical network, an input device for entering a medical command, a controller for generating medical command data, and a translator for communicating with at least one ancillary device, w... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7486805 | Method and optical system for measuring the topography of a test object Disclosed is an optical system for measuring the topography of a test object, comprising a system for projecting an optically recognizable test pattern onto the surface of an object area that is to be measured, and an image-recording system and image-evaluation syst... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7256771 | Apparatus for operating a medical appliance An apparatus for operating a medical appliance, such as a moving operating table, has a touchscreen on which a user interface is displayed. The user interface has a number of first buttons. A control unit initiates first actions of the medical appliance when the fir... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244255 | High-frequency surgical generator A high-frequency generator for high-frequency surgery is driven by a d.c. voltage supply. This d.c. voltage supply has a first working mode for transferring energy in a direction of the high-frequency generator, and also a second working mode for transferring energy... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238181 | High-frequency surgery generator A high-frequency generator for high-frequency surgery comprises a power generator for supplying high frequency energy at a base frequency. A standardizing factor is determined, with which an output variable from the power generator must be scaled in order to attain ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7203556 | Device for monitoring medical equipment A medical instrument, in particular a generator for high-frequency surgery, comprises setting elements for presetting functions, and also functional elements for performing functions according to the settings. A controller interrogates the setting elements and contr... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6824539 | Touchscreen controlling medical equipment from multiple manufacturers A communication system including a bus, interconnecting first and third party surgical devices, and a touchscreen, operated with the bus and displaying replicas control interfaces of the first and third party surgical devices, and facilitating remote control of the ... | 11/30/2004 |