Carl-zeiss-stiftung

Werner Muller

Joachim Luber

Ulrich Sander

Klaus Knupfer

Christian Lucke

Uwe Vry

Martin Pelzer

Hartmut Wolf

Anette Reiss

Rudiger Duchateau

Thomas Hellmuth

A defined determination of the field of view observed through a surgical microscope is made. To achieve this determination, the relative current position of the plane of the field of view to the position of an object detail of interest is detected in a sighting method with the aid of a position detection system operating according to the laser triangulation principle. As soon as the plane of the field of view and the object detail are coincident, then with the aid of detected optical system data, the position of the object detail with reference to the surgical microscope is determined and, with the detected coordinates of the surgical microscope, the position of the field of view is determined in space. The position detecting system required for this purpose operates on an optical basis and can be integrated into the optics of the surgical microscope.

Surgical microscope for conducting computer-supported stereotactic

Method of operating a surgical microscope arrangement for

An instrument is mounted on a motorized positioning mechanism for providing a contactless guidance of the instrument. A transmitting unit and a receiving unit are arranged in a defined relative position to an operator and the instrument so that an evaluation unit positions the instrument via corresponding control signals with the aid of the registered signals of the receiving unit. A preferred application is the contactless guidance of a surgical microscope which tracks the head movements of the surgeon.

Optical guide system for spatially positioning a surgical microscope

The invention relates to a high-precision autofocusing arrangement for a stereomicroscope wherein a bar-shaped marking is projected via a cylinder optic on an object. The imaged bar-shaped marking is at least in one dimension less or equal to the resolution of the viewing beam path. A region of the objective not used optically is selected for projection as the pass-through pupil.

Autofocusing arrangement for a stereomicroscope which permits automatic

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