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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengeselschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Graumann, Hoechstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 6/4458 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); Y10T 403/1624 (2015.01);
Abstract
First and second equipment units are connected to a coupling unit configured with angle and/or position sensors in order to determine thereby, for example, a relative position of a first equipment unit in relation to a second equipment unit. In this manner alignment of the first and second equipment units is expedited.