The automatic control and administration of program-controlled endoscopic apparatuses allocated to an operation within an operating theater belonging to a clinic region and connected amongst one another by way of a CAN-bus using the standardized layer-seven CANopen protocol for communication among one...http://www.google.com/patents/US6581117?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6581117 - Device and a method for the automatic control and administration of medical apparatus and installations