MEDICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH WIRELESSLY CONNECTED, TOUCH-SENSITIVE SCREEN

摘要

A medical system comprises an instrument, a position acquisition apparatus, a data processing and image generating apparatus and an image display and control unit. The position acquisition apparatus is configured to acquire a position and orientation of the instrument in relation to a reference coordinate system. The data processing and image generating apparatus is configured to generate an image of a body part from currently recorded or stored data representing a body part, which image reproduces a view of the body part together with a representation of the position, and preferably also the orientation of the instrument so that an observer can gather the position and orientation of the instrument in the body part from the image of the body part.

主权项

1. A medical system comprising an instrument, a position acquisition apparatus for the instrument, a data processing and image generating apparatus and an image display and control unit,
of which the position acquisition apparatus is configured to acquire a position of the instrument in relation to a reference coordinate system and of which the data processing and image generating apparatus is configured to generate an image of a body part from currently recorded or stored data representing a body part, which image reproduces a view of the body part together with a representation of the position of the instrument in such a way that an observer can gather the position of the instrument in the body part from the image of the body part, wherein the image display and control unit is wirelessly connected to the data processing and image generating apparatus, and comprises a display and input unit with a closed surface, on which control elements and a respective view of the body part are displayed during operation, together with a representation of the position of the instrument, wherein the image display and control unit is furthermore adapted to accept user inputs via displayed control elements and to transmit control signals to the data processing and image generating apparatus as a function of the respectively accepted user inputs, wherein basic settings for various users of an image display and control unit and/or basic settings for various image display and control units are stored either on a respective image display and control unit or on the data processing and image generating apparatus.