1. A splicing device for optical fibers, comprising:
a programmable splicing apparatus which can be controlled by means of at least one program parameter, for connecting optical fibers; and
a speech recognition unit which is designed to detect spoken text, to determine a spoken command from the detected spoken text and to adjust the at least one program parameter of the splicing apparatus andor to control processes of the splicing apparatus as a function of the determined spoken command.
2. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has a first and an at least second splicing program for controlling the splicing apparatus, which are each defined by at least one program parameter and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to select one splicing program from the set of the first and of the at least one second splicing program as a function of the determined spoken command.
3. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has at least one holding apparatus for at least one of the optical fibers with a first flap, which can be operated via an actuator, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control opening andor closing of the first flap as a function of the determined spoken command.
4. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has a heating apparatus for heating the optical fibers during a splicing process, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control the splicing process as a function of the determined spoken command.
5. The splicing device of claim 4, wherein the heating apparatus has a second flap which can be operated via a further actuator, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control opening andor closing of the second flap as a function of the determined spoken command.
6. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has a measurement apparatus for measuring an attenuation andor a tensile strength of the optical fibers, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control a measurement process as a function of the determined spoken command.
7. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has a shrinking oven, by means of which a shrink sleeve can be shrunk onto a splice point of the optical fibers connected in the splicing apparatus, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control a shrinking process in the shrinking oven as a function of the determined spoken command.
8. The splicing device of claim 7, wherein the shrinking oven has a third flap which can be operated via a further actuator, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control opening andor closing of the third flap as a function of the determined spoken command.
9. The splicing device of claim 7, wherein the shrinking oven has a first and an at least second shrinking program, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to select a shrinking program from the set of the first and of the at least one second shrinking program as a function of the determined spoken command.
10. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the splicing apparatus has a trimming device for trimming the optical fibers, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control a trimming process in the trimming device as a function of the determined spoken command.
11. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein a connection is provided for an external peripheral device, and in which the speech recognition unit is designed to control the peripheral device as a function of the determined spoken command.
12. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the speech recognition unit has an internal microphone andor a microphone connection for an external microphone.
13. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the speech recognition unit is designed to determine the spoken command from the detected spoken text as a function of a first andor an at least second individual language.
14. The splicing device of claim 1, wherein the speech recognition unit has a memory unit in which a multiplicity of spoken commands which can be determined are stored.
15. The splicing device of claim 1, the splicing device comprises an output device for outputting status messages andor control options of the splicing device.
16. The splicing device of claim 15, wherein the output device has a screen.
17. The splicing device of claim 16, wherein the screen can be switched off andor can be dimmed.
18. The splicing device of claim 15, wherein the output device has an internal loudspeaker andor a connection for an external loudspeaker or headset.
19. The splicing device of claim 15, wherein a wire-free interface is provided for connecting a speech fitting.
20. The splicing device of claim 1, further comprising a documentation memory for storing data which can be associated with a respective splicing process, in which the speech recognition unit is designed to store further detected spoken text as a function of the determined spoken command in the documentation memory.
21. The splicing device of claim 20, wherein the speech recognition unit is designed to store the further detected spoken text in a text format in the documentation memory.
22. A method for operating a splicing device for optical fibers, comprising the following steps:
providing a programmable splicing apparatus which can be controlled by means of at least one program parameter, for connecting optical fibers;
detecting a spoken text;
determination of a spoken command from the detected spoken text;
adjustment of the at least one program parameter of the splicing apparatus andor control of processes of the splicing apparatus in each case as a function of the determined spoken command.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the spoken command is determined as a function of a first andor an at least second individual language.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the spoken command is determined from a multiplicity of stored spoken commands which can be determined.
25. The method of claim 22, further comprising an output of status messages andor control options of the splicing device.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the output is provided on a screen.
27. The method of claim 25, wherein the screen is switched off andor dimmed as a function of status messages to be output.
28. The method of claim 25, wherein the output is provided to an internal loudspeaker andor to an externally connected loudspeaker or headset.
29. The method of claim 25, wherein the spoken text is detected andor the output is provided by means of a speech fitting which is connected via a wire-free interface.
30. The method of claim 22, wherein further detected spoken text is stored as a function of the determined spoken command in a documentation memory for storing data which can be associated with a respective splicing process.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the further detected spoken text is stored in a text format in the documentation memory.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
We claim:
1. A method for the effective treatment of articulating joint surface cartilage by the transplantation of chondrocytes in a suitable matrix, to a surface to be treated at a graft site with a hemostatic barrier and a covering-patch comprising; sculpting the graft site such that the walls of the graft site are non-linear and undulating, placing a hemostatic barrier proximal to the surface to be treated within the sculpted graft site, placing chondrocytes in a suitable matrix within the graft site upon the hemostatic barrier, covering the surface to be treated with a covering patch.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the covering patch is partially attached prior to the placing of chondrocytes in a suitable matrix, within the graft site upon the hemostatic barrier.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the hemostatic barrier is a resorbable, semi-permeable material which inhibits or prohibits vascular infiltration through the barrier.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the covering-patch is a cell-free, semi-permeable collagen matrix.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the hemostatic barrier contains collagen.
6. A kit for the practice of the method of claim 1 comprising a hemostatic barrier treated to inhibit resorption, a covering-patch treated to inhibit resorption, an organic glue, and optionally a surgical instrument for sculpting the walls of the graft site, and optionally a matrix material suitable for supporting chondrocytes placed within the graft site.