Non-invasive system for fixing navigational reference
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsClaus Schaffrath, Gerhard Kleinszig, Christoph Schenkel
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Abstract
A fixing system and method for fixing a navigational reference array for image-assisted medical treatment with respect to a patient, wherein the reference array is arranged the patient's body with the assistance of an immobilizing device, and wherein the immobilizing device is a vacuum mattress or a vacuum mattress patient jacket, and at least one anchoring for the reference array is provided on or in the vacuum mattress or a vacuum mattress patient jacket.
Claims10
A fixing system for fixing a navigational reference device for image-assisted medical treatment with respect to a patient, wherein said reference device is arranged outside the patient's body, comprising:
- an immobilizing device;
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- at least one anchor point in or on the immobilization device, said anchor point couplable to the reference device, and
- wherein said immobilizing device is a vacuum mattress or a vacuum mattress patient jacket.
A method for fixing a navigational reference for image-assisted medical treatment with respect to a patient, wherein the navigational reference is located outside the patient's body, comprising the steps of fixing a vacuum mattress or a vacuum mattress patient jacket to the patient, and attaching a navigational reference to an anchor on or in the vacuum mattress or a vacuum mattress patient jacket.
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