摘要 |
A medical device which has a connection between a signal generating device and a hollow probe, the connection providing a smooth air conduit from the signal generating device to the hollow probe. The medical apparatus includes the probe having a characteristic which is useful to assist with the positioning of the probe in a human or animal body, and an information encoding component on the probe, a selected value of the information encoding component being corresponding to the characteristic of the probe. An interrogating device interrogates the information encoding device. |