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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Control for reliable assembly and disassembly of two functional units of a multi-part medical device
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Robert Vogtherr, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Maser, Zimmern ob Rottweil, DE;
Heiko Reichle, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dominik Seyfried, Königsfeld, DE;
Anton Keller, Dürbheim, DE;
Aesculap AG, , DE;
Abstract
A medical device includes two device units having two functional units that can be coupled to each other to actuate the second functional unit via the first functional unit. The first functional unit has a mechanical coupling segment which can be brought into a coupling position to couple with the second functional unit. A detector for detecting a relative position of the two device units or a distance between the two device units is provided on at least one device unit. The electrical or electronic control of the first functional unit is configured such that the mechanical coupling segment of the first functional unit can be brought into the coupling position only if the two device units are in a certain position with respect to each other or fall below a minimum distance from each other.