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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hannah Lawrence, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Feingold, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/127 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic system including an endoscope having saved information therein related to the endoscope, a light source console for providing light to the endoscope, and a light cable connected between the endoscope and the light source console. The light cable is configured to communicate the light from the light source console to the endoscope. The information related to the endoscope is relayed from the endoscope to the light source console through the light cable for altering functions of at least one of the light source console and an auxiliary device.