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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1996
Armin Rockseisen, Scharnebeck, DE;
Lap GmbH Laser Applikationen, Luneburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a target apparatus for linearly inserting an instrument into a human body comprising a computer tomograph for determining the piercing spot and marking it, the improvement comprising: a slide which is adjustably guided above the gantry of the computer tomograph along a horizontal guide means, preferably along a transversal plane, which slide can be arrested in any position along the guide means, a laser device for producing a target mark in space, a supporting means for mounting the laser device to the slide for being pivoted about a horizontal axis such that the beam of the laser device is pivoted in a vertical plane and further comprising an angular scale attached to the slide for indicating the pivoting angle of the laser device.