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

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

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 li...

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Hauptverfasser: DRUSE ALEXANDER, URBAN ALEXANDER
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Sprache:eng
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung: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.