Generation of augmented reality image of a medical device

US10987190B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Sven Flossmann · Munich, DE
• Sebastian Stopp · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 27, 2021
• Expiry date: May 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2210/41
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This document relates to a medical application of augmented reality in which areal image shows a medical device, or at least a part thereof. In an exemplary application, the real image further shows at least a part of a patient's body which is (to be) treated using the medical device. A part of the medical device might not be visible in the real image, for example because it extends into or behind the patient's body. In this case, the virtual image can comprise an augmentation of the medical device, which, for example, represents at least the part of the medical device which is invisible in the real image. This document in particular addresses a correct alignment of the augmentation with the medical device.