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Surgical Assistance System

  • US 20110306985A1
  • Filed: 01/07/2011
  • Published: 12/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A surgical assistance system for operating on biological tissue using a surgical tool attached to an arm of an automatically-controlled surgical instrument, wherein said surgical assistance system comprisesa means for storing and voxelizing medical image data obtained from a biological tissue subject to surgery;

  • a means for setting an operative location based on a shape of a biological tissue;

    a means for calculating a tool path traveled by the surgical tool to perform surgery at the operative location;

    a means for determining a region of interference between said surgical tool and voxels;

    a means for determining a hardness of the biological tissue in an interference region;

    a means for calculating an optimal tool feed rate corresponding to the determined hardness; and

    a means for outputting the feed rate obtained by the calculations to said surgical instrument.

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