Patent · US Expired

Stereotactic adapter and procedure for its use

US5790307A · kind A · utility

38Cited by

6References

17Claims

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Assignee

Carl Stiftung · DE

Inventors

Franz Mick · Friedland, DE
Bernhard Bauer · Lebring, AT
Joachim Luber · Oberkochen, DE
Arvids Mackevics · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 1995
Grant date	Aug 4, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00482
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stereotactic adapter on which a surgical therapeutic and/or diagnostic instrument is reproducibly mounted and attached to a surgical microscope that can be positioned in several spatial degrees of freedom. A position recognition system integrated in the surgical microscope permits safe positioning of the instrument used, given the geometric arrangement and the geometric dimensions of the surgical microscope, the adapter, and the instrument.

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