The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sethumadavan Sanjay-Gopal, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Dale A. Messner, Uniontown, OH (US);
Bernard J. Czarkowski, Stow, OH (US);
Assignee:
Z-Kat, Inc., Hollywood, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A detector unit (,) for an image guided surgery system (,) is provided. It includes an adjustable stand (,) having a plurality of receivers (,) mounted thereto such that the detector unit (,) has a predefined finite field of view (,) in which it detects radiant energy. It further includes at least one light source (,) mounted to the adjustable stand (,) in fixed relation to the receivers (,). The at least one light source (,) projects visible light in a predetermined pattern to mark a location of the field of view (,).