Device for reproducing slice images

US6606514B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

• Michael Grass · Hanstedt, DE
• Thomas Koehler · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 25, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/2072
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for reproducing slice images during the treatment of an object to be examined, the device includes measuring hardware for determining, relative to a reference system, the position of a medical instrument partly introduced into the object to be examined during the treatment. In order to enable such a device to change the orientation of slice images during the treatment in a simple and interactive manner, according to the invention adjusting means are provided on the part of the medical instrument which projects from the object to be examined in order to change the orientation of the slice images reproduced. The invention also relates to a medical instrument appropriately constructed for this purpose and provided with such adjusting means as well as to an appropriate method.