Patent ID: 11963830
Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 3:
4. A medical handling device, comprising
an instrument holder configured to hold an observation instrument that comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image section of an object plane,
a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder,
a control device that comprises a handling control unit configured to control the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit configured to control the observation instrument, and
an input device that is coupled to the control device and configured to select an image section to be reproduced,
wherein the control device is adapted to detect a present orientation of the obsevation instrument, and
wherein the control devie is adapted to control the robotic handling unit, while taking into account the present orientation of the observation instrument, in response to user inputs at the input device in such a way that the observation instruments is movable by the robotic handling unit, and along a curved path of a spherical surface, with respect to a pivot point in the object plane with a defined object distance,
wherein the control device is adapted to control the robotic handling unit in such a way that the observation instrument is pivotable about a virtual pivot axis, which is arranged parallel to the image capturing unit, by interpolated movement of the robotic handling unit.