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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Klaus M. Irion, Liptingen, DE;
Clemens Rebholz, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided comprising a transmitter unit for detecting the position of a medical instrument with the aid of a CAS system, wherein the apparatus comprises the transmitter unit at a fixed position and wherein the medical instrument is attachable to the apparatus. To allow simple assembly and disassembly, the apparatus is formed as an adapter. A reception coupling is provided on one first side of the adapter at which the adapter can be releasably, however mechanically fixed and simply coupled to a predetermined coupling location on the medical instrument.
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