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Abstract

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus to facilitate feeding of electric signals, achieved in a defined area of medical electric environment, to and from auxiliary equipment, specifically a so called Personal Computer (PC), without the necessity that such auxiliary equipment fulfill the requirements necessary for use within the area of medical electric environment. The apparatus includes an isolation device having its own power supply which is approved for the medical electric environment according to the International Standard IEC 601-1, an electronic buffering device connected to a CCD sensor and multiwire cables between the auxiliary equipment and the isolation device and the buffering device and the isolation device, respectively, facilitating parallel signal communication, whereby the isolation device includes a number of electromagnetic and/or optoelectric interfaces corresponding to the number of wires connecting the CCD sensor and the auxiliary equipment positioned in an area of non-medical electric environment.

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First Claim