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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Arno Blau, Gundelfingen, DE;
Bernd Simon, Kiel, DE;
Michael Kohnen, Heitersheim, DE;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A targeting system is used for positioning of a medical sub device with respect to a medical device. A reference body is reproducibly positioned with respect to a targeting device coupling section and reproducibly positioned with respect to a targeting unit. The targeting unit has a targeting direction and is adjustable with respect to the targeting device so that the targeting direction points toward a medical sub device receptacle of the medical device coupled to the targeting device coupling section. The imaging system is positionable with respect to the targeting device such that the imaging system is capable of imaging a single two-dimensional view of the reference body and the medical sub device receptacle. The evaluation unit generates position data of the single two-dimensional view and to determine from the position data a lateral distance between the targeting direction and a receiving direction of the medical sub device receptacle.