Endoscopic system

US6656110B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Irion · Liptingen, DE
• Hartmut Wenzler · Frittlingen, DE
• Peter Schwarz · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B1/04
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An endoscope system includes position sensors which detect not only the position, but also the orientation, of both an endoscope (or endoscopes) and at least one instrument. The endoscope system includes an assessment and control unit which displays symbols which indicate, in addition to the position, the orientation of the instrument or instruments and possibly of the endoscopes relative to a displayed image.