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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
Wolfgang Klein, Rheinstetten, DE;
Martin Burger, Oberderdingen, DE;
Thomas Belikan, Knittlingen, DE;
Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, DE;
Abstract
The automatic control and administration of program-controlled endoscopic apparatuses allocated to an operation within an operating theater belonging to a clinic region and connected amongst one another by way of a CAN-bus using the standardized layer-seven CANopen protocol for communication among one another and a master computer, is modified so that with the same CAN-bus, a double ring structure, a ring-star structure and a ring-ring structure may be logically formed, permitting peer-to-peer communication of the apparatuses, with which the apparatuses have equality of access to each other and the master computer. The apparatuses, connected to one another via the CAN-bus, of all operating theaters of a clinic communicate with and are centrally controlled by the master computer. All apparatuses are capable of informing the master computer of the occurring process data or parameters. System operation is possible at the master computer as well as at the apparatuses themselves.