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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Judith Regn, Nuremburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600429 ; 606130 ; 378 20 ; 378206 ;
Abstract
A computed tomography apparatus is equipped with a device for marking a guide path on a patient for a medical instrument to be used in a medical procedure, such as a puncturing needle. The computed tomography apparatus produces a planning image, and a guide path is identified within the planning image. A computer, using the planning image and the path identified thereon, automatically adjusts a position of a light source, and if necessary a patient table on which a patient is supported, so that a beam from the light source is positioned to coincide with the guide path identified on the image.