Patent ID: 7063662

Claim:
A supply unit for accommodating medical instruments, the supply unit comprising: a height-adjustable middle part with side cheeks for engaging a middle part of a medical instrument with lateral guide surfaces which are complementary to the side cheeks; pins arranged at the middle part of the supply unit and projecting upwardly; a power supply with a plug connection at the middle part of the supply unit; a data transmission facility with a plug connection at the middle part of the supply unit; a pneumatic supply with a plug connection at the middle part of the supply unit; end position sensors provided at the middle part of the supply unit, said end position sensors sending a corresponding signal to an evaluating and control unit when the height-adjustable middle part of the supply unit has been moved upward to the extent that said pins are completely accommodated by complementary and downwardly open pin mounts at the middle part of the medical instrument so that said plug connection for said power supply, said plug connection for said data transmission facility, and said plug connection for said pneumatic supply are released by the evaluating and control unit.