diff --git a/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.cpp b/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkIGTIOException.h"
diff --git a/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h b/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef IGTIOEXCEPTION_H_INCLUDED
+#define IGTIOEXCEPTION_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include "mitkIGTException.h"
+#include "mitkExceptionMacro.h"
+
+namespace mitk {
+  /**Documentation
+  * \brief An object of this class represents an exception of the MITK-IGT module which are releated to the hardware (e.g. connection problems, etc.).
+  *
+  * \ingroup IGT
+  */  class MitkIGT_EXPORT IGTIOException : public mitk::IGTException
+  {
+  public:
+    mitkExceptionClassMacro(IGTIOException,mitk::IGTException);
+  };
+} // namespace mitk
+#endif