Abstract: The invention is a cable identifier apparatus and a method for fast identification of multi-wire or multi fiber cable. The method is based on illumination of colored buffer of the wire or fiber, registration the reflected light and comparison the measuring data with reference data stored in the memory. The reference data is loaded by measuring the color parameters of the buffer of known identification. The cable identifier apparatus comprises a portable hand-held device with a probe for fixing the buffer in a holder, illuminating the buffer, controlling the incident light and detecting the reflected light with photodetectors. The data is proceed by a microcontroller and an identification symbol of the buffer is displayed in LCD. The variation of the ambient light is compensated by separate measurement of dark and light signals from photodetectors.

Abstract: The invention is a cable identifier apparatus and a method for fast identification of multi-wire or multi fiber cable. The method is based on illumination of colored buffer of the wire or fiber, registration the reflected light and comparison the measuring data with reference data stored in the memory. The reference data is loaded by measuring the color parameters of the buffer of known identification. The cable identifier apparatus comprises a portable hand-held device with a probe for fixing the buffer in a holder, illuminating the buffer, controlling the incident light and detecting the reflected light with photodetectors. The data is proceed by a microcontroller and an identification symbol of the buffer is displayed in LCD. The variation of the ambient light is compensated by separate measurement of dark and light signals from photodetectors.

Abstract: An electrosurgical pencil with a smoke evacuating blade to be used in general surgery and laporoscopy. The blade has a plurality of lateral holes and at least one longitudinal hole in its thicker central part. In a place where the blade is attached to a hadpiece, it is connected to a smoke evacuating tube that is pulled through the handpiece. The tube is inserted in a cable assembly together with electrical wires and connected to an vacuum source; the air flows through the blade to the tube. Due to close proximity to the cutting area, minimum negative pressure is required for sucking of smoke and no obscure of surgeon's view occurs.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided an electro-surgical pencil of a type having an electrode projecting out one end of said pencil, an electrical coupling operative to couple the electrode to an external electrical source. The pencil has an elongated housing having a hollow interior passageway, an open electrode end through which the electrode projects and an open end opposite to the electrode end couplable to a vacuum source. The hollow interior passageway is of a diameter sufficiently large to permit a flow and velocity of air sufficient to aspirate and evacuate smoke produced by the pencil. An electrode support in the hollow interior passageway holds the electrode. The electrode support and the electrode present a cross-sectional area which is substantially less than that of the hollow interior passageway. An optical switch is coupled to the elongated housing.