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Surgical manipulator

  • US 20040162564A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2004
  • Published: 08/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A manipulator for use in performing medical procedures on a portion of a body of a patient, comprising:

  • a medical tool;

    a positioning mechanism which carries the medical tool, the positioning mechanism being capable of moving the tool with at least one degree of freedom;

    a position tracking system including an electromagnetic field generator for producing a multidimensional electromagnetic field in three mutually distinguishable dimensions, the position tracking system being capable of tracking the position of the medical tool relative to a predetermined frame of reference in three dimensions.

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