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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Mario Zeiss, Poing, DE;
Arno Blau, Feldkirchen, DE;
Rainer Birkenbach, Poing, DE;
Falko Seifferth, Zorneding, DE;
Mario Zeiss, Poing, DE;
Arno Blau, Feldkirchen, DE;
Rainer Birkenbach, Poing, DE;
Falko Seifferth, Zorneding, DE;
BrainLAB AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Abstract
A method for calibrating or registering a medical instrument or implant includes determining a spatial position of the instrument or implant and determining a relative position of the instrument or implant with respect to anatomical data. A spatial orientation of a multi-dimensionally formed, functional section of the instrument or implant is determined. A device for calibrating or registering a medical instrument or implant using a medical navigation system includes calibration aid, where the calibration aid includes a calibration section whose spatial orientation in said navigation system is known and on which a multi-dimensionally formed, functional section of the instrument or implant can be oriented.