Insufflation system and method for operating the insufflation system

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PATENT NO 9889262
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14663652

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An insufflation system has a medical instrument, which has a channel through which an insufflation gas can be passed from the proximal end to the distal end. A first valve in the instrument can be switched between a first switching state and a second switching state. It is proposed that a pressure sensor be provided which is connected to the channel and which can detect the two switching states of the first valve. A second switch-over valve can be switched by a control unit in accordance with the detected pressure values, such that the instrument can be connected by the second switch-over valve either to a source of insufflation gas or to a source of air. The second switch-over valve is designed such that only air is delivered in the first switching state of the first valve and only insufflation gas is delivered in the second switching state.

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STORZ ENDOSKOP PRODUKTIONS GMBH78532 TUTTLINGEN

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Lampert, Hugo Diessenhofen, CH 1 1
Pilatus, Fabian Constance, DE 1 1
Ruh, Peter Gottmadingen, DE 2 3

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