MEDICAL HOLDER DEVICE OR A FLEXIBLE MEDICAL TOOLTIP AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE POSITION OF THE TOOLTIP

摘要

A medical holder device to which a flexible medical tooltip comprising an optical fibre can exchangeably be attached, the medical holder device comprising an optical fibre connector for receiving the proximal end of the optical fibre, a light source adapted to emit light into the optical fibre, a light receiver adapted to receive light reflected at the distal end of the optical fibre and to output a corresponding output signal and a processing unit adapted to receive the output signal from the light receiver and to calculate a bending of the optical fibre.