Patent ID: 8088083
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A61B,A61N,G01B

Abstract:
1. A system for measuring a position of a head of a patient during neurological diagnosis, therapy or surgery, relative to a frame adapted to be fixated to a diagnosis equipment, said frame being fixated relative to said patient, said system comprising a head cap adapted to be mounted at said frame such that said head cap is fixed relative to said frame, said head cap being rigid and shaped such that the head of said patient is at least partly surrounded when said head cap is placed on said head, wherein said head cap includes a number of through holes; and a measurement tool comprising an elongated element, said measurement tool being adapted to measure a distance between said head and said head cap via a through hole through said elongated element, said elongated element is spring-loaded and has an end adapted to abut against said head during a measurement, wherein said measurement tool is adapted to obtain at least one measurement value indicating a position of said head in relation to said head cap substantially without operator interaction.