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US 6,947,783 B2Granted
System for the navigation-assisted positioning of elements
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorMartin Immerz
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Abstract
A system for applying an element to a body, wherein the position of a device for preparing and/or producing a connection between said body and said element relative to the position of said body is detected, it also relating to a system for applying an element to a body comprising a device for preparing and/or producing a connection between said element and said body and a position detection device for detecting the position of said device, for preparing and/or producing a connection between said element and said body, and for detecting said position of said body.
Claims9
A system for applying an element to a living body, comprising:
- a) a device for physically altering a part of the living body to prepare and/or produce a connection between said element and said living body;
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- b) a position detection device (i) for detecting a position of said device for physically altering a part of the living body to prepare and/or produce a connection between said element and said living body, and (ii) for detecting a position of said living body, wherein plural markers are applied to said device for physically altering for three-dimensional tracking of said device for physically altering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.