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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Marco Zeller, Tuttlingen, DE;
Alexander Sabo, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
The present application provides a foot actuation system for controlling one or more medical devices using a foot. The foot actuation system includes a communications unit and a number of actuation units. Each actuation unit includes a user interface for receiving an actuation information item generated by means of a foot, a mechanical connection apparatus for releasable mechanical connection to the communications unit, and a signal transmitter for transmitting a signal representing the actuation information item. The communications unit includes a mechanical connection apparatus for releasable mechanical connection to the actuation units, a signal receiver for receiving the signals representing the actuation information items, and a control signal transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a medical device.