Patent ID: 9392931
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a surgical microscope, wherein the position of the optical system of the microscope is tracked within an operating space by a position tracking system, wherein the optical system carrier can be moved by means of a motorized carrier moving system, wherein the line of sight of the optical system is automatically set by moving the optical system carrier, wherein pattern and/or shape information is determined by an optical image analysis of an image of an associated object in the line of sight, wherein the line of sight is automatically re-aligned with a predefined direction in said operating space responsive to receiving a re-alignment command entered via a control button provided on a handle of the surgical microscope for manually moving the microscope so that the line of sight of the optical system coincides with a line of sight which has previously been determined selectively in accordance with the determined pattern and/or shape information.