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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Mick, Friedland, DE;
Bernhard Ludwig Bauer, Marburg, DE;
Joachim Luber, Essingen, DE;
Arvids Mackevics, Aalen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359382 ; 359383 ; 359384 ; 2481231 ; 2481811 ;
Abstract
A stereotactic adapter on which a surgical therapeutic and/or diagnostic instrument is reproducibly mounted and attached to a surgical microscope that can be positioned in several spatial degrees of freedom. A position recognition system integrated in the surgical microscope permits safe positioning of the instrument used, given the geometric arrangement and the geometric dimensions of the surgical microscope, the adapter, and the instrument.