METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A MEDICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the operation of a medical navigation system (8), having a navigation device (14) with a navigation area (16), having at least one location indicator (12a, b) which can be located in the navigation area (16) and can be affixed to an object that will be located (6, 10), having a motor drive (20, 22) for changing the location of the navigation device (14) along with its navigation area (16), and having a detection device (24) for detecting the current locations (PN, a, b) of the navigation area (16) and the location indicator (12a, b). The navigation system (8) detects the change of location of the navigation device (14) executed by the motor drive (20, 22), and a controller (28) which is coupled to the detection device (24) controls the drive (20, 22), via a control signal (30) and using the coordinates of the location change, in such a manner that the navigation area (16) always contains the location indicator (12a, b). The invention also relates to a medical navigation system (8), having a navigation device (14) with a navigation area (16), having at least one location indicator (12a, b) which can be located in the navigation area (16) and can be affixed to an object that will be located (6, 10), having a motor drive (20, 22) for changing the location of the navigation device (14) along with its navigation area (16), having a detection device (24) for detecting the current locations (PN, a, b) of the navigation area (16) and the location indicator (12a, b), and having a controller (28) which is coupled to the detection device (24) and which controls the drive (20, 22) in such a manner that the navigation area (16) always contains the location indicator (12a, b)