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Calibration method and calibration device for a surgical referencing unit

US7702477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Hanns-Peter Tuemmler · Tuttlingen, DE
Andreas Goeggelmann · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Dieter Mintenbeck · Münsingen, DE
Thomas Hamilton Link · Pasadena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2007
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2034/207
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A calibration method and also a calibration device are proposed to enable a spatial position and/or orientation of a surgical referencing unit of a surgical navigation system fitted with at least one inertial sensor to be specified in relation to a spatial coordinate system.

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