Method for assessing the positioning accuracy of a medical robot arm

US8386077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Birkenbach · Erding, DE
• Richard Wohlgemuth · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45123
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for assessing the positioning accuracy of a medical robot arm comprising at least one joint, wherein the rigidity of the robot arm in a joint placement is calculated and assessed on the basis of a rigidity model.