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Planning and navigation assistance using two-dimensionally adapted generic and detected patient data

US7787932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Vilsmeier · Munich, DE
Mario Zeiss · Poing, DE
Claus Schaffrath · Birkenfeld, DE
Thomas Feilkas · Grafing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2004
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B90/36
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning includes detecting the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the positions of medical treatment devices or treatment-assisting devices. The detected positional data can be assigned to body structure data, in order to jointly use the body structure data in assignment with the positional data, within the context of assisting the treatment. The body structure data can be used which is obtained based on a three-dimensional generic model, where the model is adapted by two-dimensional data linking with patient-characteristic, two-dimensional detection data.

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