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HAPTIC GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20120109150A1
  • Filed: 08/01/2011
  • Published: 05/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical apparatus, comprising:

  • a surgical device configured to be manipulated by a user to perform a procedure on a patient; and

    a computer system programmed;

    to implement control parameters for controlling the surgical device to provide at least one of haptic guidance to the user and a limit on user manipulation of the surgical device, based on a relationship between an anatomy of the patient and at least one of a position, an orientation, a velocity, and an acceleration of a portion of the surgical device, andto adjust the control parameters in response to movement of the anatomy during the procedure.

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