// MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
New products
Ergonomic foot controls for medical laser equipment
With the MKF-MED SK 12, steute presents a foot control which has been especially designed for laser surgery equipment. The IEC standard IEC 60601-2-22 requires that the device cannot be actuated unintentionally - a requirement which has been met by means of a protective metal shield.
Footswitch with USB interface
In nearly all factories, laboratories and hospitals footswitches ensure that machines and devices can be operated reliably, even when users literally have their hands full. Originally these switches used to trigger simple switching procedures; nowadays users expect far more and the options have become far more sophisticated. For example, steute now develops and produces foot switches with integrated tilting switches and joypads which can be used to control far more complex procedures.
A further trend in this field of control technology is a desire for simple, standardised interfaces. For this requirement steute has already developed foot switches which can communicate with various devices totally without wires. Now another flexible connection option has been realised: foot switches can be equipped with a USB interface transmitting signals to conventional PCs. Up to eight digital and three analogue entries can be read.
