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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Soukal, Schwarzenbruck, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A medical device has at least one displaceable components and a selectively positionable operating unit having a control element for directionally controlling the displacement of the displaceable component. An operating unit position detector and changeover unit is connected to the operating unit and detects the orientation of the operating unit relative to the displaceable component and automatically changes the directional function of the control element in dependent on the orientation of the operating unit relative to the displaceable component.