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Medical marker means

US7527387B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

11References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventor

Rainer Birkenbach · Erding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2006
Grant date	May 5, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/3941
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical marker trackable by a medical navigation system includes a marker body and a luminescence agent within the marker body. The luminescence agent is operative to emit light without an electrical power supply coupled to the luminescence agent.

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