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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Applicants:
Georg Brunner, Constance, DE;
Manfred Schmid, Herdwangen, DE;
Inventors:
Georg Brunner, Constance, DE;
Manfred Schmid, Herdwangen, DE;
Assignee:
Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/126 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a reflector system for positioning a medical instrument or of body parts of a patient or for any determination of position, which is characterized by reflectors () that are configured as transparent retroreflective spheres and may consist of a material with a refractive index of preferably 1.9.