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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2007
Applicants:

Robert Pinter, Aachen, DE;

Jens Muehlsteff, Aachen, DE;

Guido Josef Muesch, Erkelenz, DE;

Inventors:

Robert Pinter, Aachen, DE;

Jens Muehlsteff, Aachen, DE;

Guido Josef Muesch, Erkelenz, DE;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for positioning electrodes on a patient body includes an image capturing system, a memory device, a processing system and an indicator system. The image capturing system generates an actual image of the patient body. The memory device stores a reference image, the reference image including a reference body and a reference position on the reference body. The processing system compares the actual image and the reference image and for determining an electrode position on the patient body by matching the reference position on the reference body. The indicator system indicates the electrode position on the patient body.


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