A surgical instrument and a method for geometrical evaluation of an object inside a body of a human being or animal is described. The instrument comprises a handle, a reference device and means for bringing said reference device into the vicinity of said object, said instrument co-operating with an image acquisition device for acquiring at least one image of said reference device when it is in the vicinity of said object. Typically the object is a lesion of an internal tissue, for example a cartilage tissue of an articulation of the knee.
Method and instrument for the geometrical evaluation of lesions affecting tissues or internal organs
RAIMONDI, MANUELA TERESA
2005-01-01
Abstract
A surgical instrument and a method for geometrical evaluation of an object inside a body of a human being or animal is described. The instrument comprises a handle, a reference device and means for bringing said reference device into the vicinity of said object, said instrument co-operating with an image acquisition device for acquiring at least one image of said reference device when it is in the vicinity of said object. Typically the object is a lesion of an internal tissue, for example a cartilage tissue of an articulation of the knee.File in questo prodotto:
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