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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Georg Christian, Munich, DE;
Christian Maier, Munich, DE;
Christian Lechner, Jesenwang, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1721 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for visually assisting the alignment of a medical instrument, wherein the instrument is visually displayed on an image output in a positional relationship to a part of a patient's body by means of a medical navigation system, wherein an orientation aid is displayed as a virtual model shape at the instrument or in a particular positioning with respect to a characteristic part of the instrument. It also relates to a planning method for optimized instrument alignment with the aid of such an image assisting method.