| abstract |
Medical device with a medical device (2) having an accessory connector and with at least one accessory part (1) having a connector element complementary to the accessory connector, the connector element having a memory unit (K) in which encrypted identification information is stored, with the device ( 2) connected accessory part (1), encrypted or unencrypted identification information can be read out by means of a read-out unit (P) arranged in the area of the accessory connection and, in the case of read-out, encrypted identification information can be decrypted, read-out and decrypted identification information being comparable with identification target information stored in the read-out unit, and the medical device Correspondence between identification information and target identification information can be activated and can be blocked if there is no correspondence, and encrypted identification information by means of a proprietary Key codes can be decrypted. |