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Schmidt, Michael

Kunz, Reiner

Reiner Kunz

Michael Schmidt

Rainer Dietrich

Albert Babl

Ales Zahradnicek

A method for controlling image capturing and spatial control in a device monitored by imaging, in particular an endoscopic instrument, for examination and manipulation purposes, wherein the work region and the position and action of the device are monitored by means of one of the display means displaying the observed work region via optics. The device is held and moved by motor-driven equipment depending on the display, the respective position and intended action. The eye movements of the operating person or the line of sight during observation of the display is registered according to the eye-tracking method and used to control the image capturing and tracking and the display.

Navigation of endoscopic devices by means of eye-tracker

The invention relates to a trocar system for a minimally invasive work station, comprising an endoscopic instrument () having imaging means () and a device for transmitting the signals containing the image information to a display unit () and, as required, work tools, further comprising a trocar assembly (to) having a trocar sleeve, which is designed to receive a pin, including imaging means (), provided with a tip that is permeable to imaging media having different wavelengths, wherein the imaging means are provided to make the work field visible through the distal end of the pin and a device () is provided for transmitting the signals containing the image information to a display unit (). The trocar assembly (to) and the minimally invasive instrument () are provided for separate use and for displaying the respective image information for the same display unit (). The pin is provided with an on/off switch (). The display device is equipped to display the image information transmitted by the pin when the pin is switched on and to suppress the display of the image information transmitted by the endoscopic instrument, and to display the information transmitted by the endoscopic instrument when the pin is switched off.

Trocar system

A support and guide device for an endoscopic instrument includes a first guide device extending substantially in a plane and bordering a surface, a first carriage that can travel along the first guide device, a second guide device connected to the first carriage and extending in a plane perpendicular thereto, a second carriage that can travel along the second guide device, a holder for the endoscopic instrument which is connected to the carriage and rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the carriage and moveable in the axial direction, and drive units for the first and the second carriages and for the holder for the endoscopic instrument. A control system is associated with the drive units.

Support and guide device for an endoscopic instrument

The invention relates to a communication system and devices forming part of this system, wherein light is used for the transmission signal. The communication system includes an apparatus for forwarding operating room device signals to a device which apparatus is configured to receive an analog signal comprising the operating room device signal and to produce a digital signal based upon the analog signal, the apparatus further being configured to produce a signal based upon the digital signal, wherein the signal is for modulating the output of a light source. This invention includes a device for managing access and priority of traffic within this system according to a specific hierarchy of priority starting with safety and ending with administrative information.

Innovative operation room light system capable of wireless data exchange between operating room devices

A multifunctional instrument for use in microinvasive surgery includes an operator hand grip, a multi-lumen tube fastened on the operator hand grip, at least two guide channels coaxially configured inside the tube, and surgical instruments that are displaceably and rotationally disposed in the guide channels. The instrument also includes a shaft at whose distal end one surgical working element each is disposed. The instruments can be displaced between a rest position, in which the respective working element is retracted into the tube, and a working position, in which the respective working element projects from the distal end of the tube. The instruments can be displaced into and out of the working position by means of a motor and at least one of the instruments can be rotated in its working position by means of a motor. The instrument can be controlled by means of an electronic control that controls at least the motor-driven displacement motions and rotational motions of the surgical instruments and the tube.

Multifunctional instrument for use in microinvasive surgery

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