US 2010/0076455 A1Published application

Surgical instrument, in particular pointer instrument, comprising tip sensor

AssigneeBrainlab AG

InventorsRainer Birkenbach, Stefan Vilsmeier

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The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a handle portion and a tip, wherein a tip sensor is provided on the handle portion.

Dependent claims

A surgical instrument comprising a handle portion and a tip, wherein a tip sensor is provided on the handle portion.

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A61B 90/96
Coded with symbols, e.g. text: using barcodes
A61B 34/20
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding…
A61B 90/98
Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
A61B 2017/00411
Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like:…

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