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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Stefan Vilsmeier, Munich, DE;
Christian Brack, Neusaß, DE;
Ingmar Hook, Feldkirchen, DE;
Timo Neubauer, Grasbrunn, DE;
Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical tracking system comprising at least one sensor device which can be positioned in a fixed position relative to a target, the sensor device comprising a marker device and a marker device detector, the marker device detector being capable of obtaining information for determining a relative position between the marker device detector and another marker device, the system further comprising a control unit configured to process a medical navigation workflow and to select the function of the sensor device as either acting as a marker device detector or as a marker device in a step of the medical navigation workflow.