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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2007
Ralf Kuehner, Stuttgart, DE;
Lothar Mitzlaff, Lagos, PT;
Hans-jürgen Wahl, Trochtelfingen, DE;
Steffen Bauer, Stuttgart, DE;
Ralf Kuehner, Stuttgart, DE;
Lothar Mitzlaff, Lagos, PT;
Hans-Jürgen Wahl, Trochtelfingen, DE;
Steffen Bauer, Stuttgart, DE;
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen, DE;
Abstract
A medical pump for use in water jet surgery which provides ease of connection between a pump unit and a pump actuating device. The medical pump includes a pump unit and a pump actuating device. The pump unit has at least one piston. The pump actuating device includes a holding device and at least one coupling device, the combination of which is configured to connect the pump unit and pistons to the pump actuating device. The pump actuating device includes a drive device controlled by a control system to actuate the pump unit, to open/close the holding device, and to open/close the at least one coupling device. The pump actuating device includes a detection device in communication with the control system that detects a relative position between the pump unit and the pump actuating device and transmits detection signals to the control system.