US 12,144,487 B2
Method and device for carrying out various functions in connection with surgical instruments
Jannis Holtkötter, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/294,472
Filed by OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/081299
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099545, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 128 848.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008144 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01H 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00042 (2022.02) [A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H01H 21/22 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising a foot switch for carrying out various functions in connection with a surgical instrument, wherein the functions can be carried out by actuating the foot switch,
wherein the foot switch comprises at least one projector for generating at least one virtual control panel, and at least one sensor configured to detect operations on the virtual control panel,
wherein the foot switch is configured to be coupled, via a cable or wirelessly, to the surgical instrument, the surgical instrument including at least one from among an endoscope, a resectoscope, an HF resectoscope, a camera system, an HF generator, an ultrasound generator, a flushing pump, a light source, or a reprocessing machine, and
wherein the virtual control panel is programmable for carrying out the various functions in connection with the surgical instrument.