Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for positioning medical treatment devices or treatment supporting devices

US6985766B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

12References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Richard Braun · Colts Neck Township, US
Robert D. Schmidt · Isanti, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2001
Grant date	Jan 10, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/027
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention refers to an apparatus for positioning medical treatment devices or treatment supporting devices (2) by a transportation means (1) to move said devices (2) to a predetermined position, said transportation means (1) including an automatically guided transport system (3, 7), and to a corresponding method and the use of an automatically guided transport system to perform said positioning tasks.

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