Patent · US Active

Method of operating a surgical microscope and surgical microscope

US11409091B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

4References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

Fang You · Aalen, DE
David Dobbelstein · Ulm, DE
Stefan Saur · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2027/0187
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting a direction of gaze of a user and detecting an amount of a movement of a head of the user. The movement of the head of the user is of a translatory movement type and a rotatory movement type. Amounts of movements or rotations of the camera or changes in the magnification are performed based on the detected amount of a movement of the head of the user.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.