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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
May. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/13 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 90/13 (2016.02); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02);
Abstract
A positioning unit for guiding a medical object such as a needle includes a securing unit by which the positioning unit may be arranged on the medical object. In order to enable an improved guidance for the medical object, an indicating element with a plurality of indicators is provided. The indicating element is arranged in a fixed position relative to the securing unit. An acquisition unit acquires an item of movement information. The positioning unit is configured to control the plurality of indicators dependent upon the movement information.