Patents by Inventor Anette Reiss

Anette Reiss has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical guide system for spatially positioning a surgical microscope
    Patent number: 5345087
    Abstract: An instrument is mounted on a motorized positioning mechanism for providing a contactless guidance of the instrument. A transmitting unit and a receiving unit are arranged in a defined relative position to an operator and the instrument so that an evaluation unit positions the instrument via corresponding control signals with the aid of the registered signals of the receiving unit. A preferred application is the contactless guidance of a surgical microscope which tracks the head movements of the surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Joachim Luber, Werner Muller, Martin Pelzer, Anette Reiss