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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Arne Hengerer, Möhrendorf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A41D 13/1236 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an apparatus and to a method for fixing a target object in place and for orienting an instrument relative to the target object which has been fixed in place. The target object is here fixed in place by a first mask element. A second mask element is arranged on the outside thereof. By an adjusting facility, the second mask element may then be shifted relative to the first mask element, whereby the instrument retained by or passed through the second mask element is oriented.