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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven E. Hair, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ; A61B 6/08 ; H05G 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ; A61B 6/08 ; H05G 1/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for aligning a laser beam with a hidden target. In particular, a coupling is rotated which rotates a laser diode and simultaneously translates the diode to produce a spiral shaped laser beam path. The coupling is continuously rotated until it is determined that the beam has become aligned with the target.