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Patent No.:

US 8162955 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2005
Applicants:

Peter Drumm, Munich, DE;

Gunther Becht, Dornach, DE;

Inventors:

Peter Drumm, Munich, DE;

Gunther Becht, Dornach, DE;

Assignee:

Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A device and method for registering a patient's hip, wherein the device includes markers and positioning elements which can be placed on characteristic points of the hip, and once placed on characteristic points of the hip, data for registering the hip can be ascertained from the position of the markers. The method includes detecting the position of the markers arranged on the device and ascertaining data for registering the hip.


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