Method and system for projecting an incision marker onto a patient

US11877874B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Bertram · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
• Florian GLATZ · Munich, DE
• Georg Christian · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3937
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This document relates to technologies of projecting an incision marker onto a patient using a movable gantry carrying a medical imaging system and at least one laser which is adjustable relative to the gantry. The medical imaging system is used for capturing a fluoroscopic or x-ray image of at least a part of the patient from a viewing direction. Then a virtual marker is set in the captured image in order to indicate a point or region of interest, for example as a point or at least one line of an incision. Then the laser is used to indicate, from a projection direction different from the viewing direction, the point or region of interest onto the surface of the patient, thus making the point or region of interest visible from the outside.