Patent ID: 6716219
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
In an operation system for use during micro-surgical operations, particularly ophthalmologic operation systems, comprising (a) a supply unit providing at least one consumable selected from the group consisting of electrical power, compressed air and a fluid; (b) multiple surgical instruments that are interchangeably connectable to the supply unit using connecting tubes that carry the necessary consumables to the respective surgical instrument; and (c) a control unit by means of which parameters regarding the supply of consumables to the surgical instruments is adjustable, the improvement wherein:the supply unit includes several connection, interfaces, one for each surgical instrument; each surgical instrument is stored in its own sterilizer unit that is connectable to a connection interface; each sterilizer unit includes an identifying coded connector for the surgical instrument that fits into a querying connector of the supply unit when the sterilizer unit is connected to the supply unit; the control unit is connected using the querying connectors to all connection interfaces, it identifies the connected surgical instrument for each connection interface, and it sets the parameters for its supply of consumables.