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Medical handling device and method for controlling a handling device

US11963830B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Stephan Schrader · Kleinmachnow, DE
Benedikt Koehler · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
Chang Hae Kim · Tuttlingen, DE
Marco Schulze · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 2020
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10012
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A medical handling device comprises an instrument holder for holding an observation instrument that is equipped with an image capturing unit for capturing an image section of an object plane. The handling device further comprises a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder and a control device that comprises a handling control unit for controlling the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit for controlling the observation instrument. An input device is coupled to the control device for selecting an image section to be reproduced. The control device is adapted to detect a present orientation of the observation instrument and to control the robotic handling unit, while taking into account the present orientation of the observation instrument, in response to user inputs at the input device. The observation instrument is movable with respect to a pivot point in the object plane at a defined object distance along a curved path.

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