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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:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Tobias Ortmaier, Hemmingen, DE;
Dirk Jacob, Augsburg, DE;
Thomas Neff, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KUKA Laboratories GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical device, a medical work station, and a method for registering an object (P). The medical device comprises a navigation system () and a robot (R) having several axes of rotation (-). The navigation system () comprises a detection device () for detecting prominent points on an object (P) or markers (M) placed on the object (P) as well as a processing device () for determining the position of the object (P) on the basis of the prominent points or markers (M) detected by means of the detection device (). The detection device () of the navigation system is mounted on the robot (R).