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Navigation System for use with a Surgical Manipulator Operable in Manual or Semi-Autonomous Modes

  • US 20140039517A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2013
  • Published: 02/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation system for use with a surgical manipulator operable in manual or semi-autonomous modes to move an energy applicator and remove a volume of tissue from a patient, said navigation system comprising:

  • a tracker for attaching to the patient;

    a localizer configured to receive signals from said tracker or transmit signals to said tracker; and

    a navigation processor configured to run a removed material logger module to collect data relating to locations at which the energy applicator has been applied to the volume of tissue in the manual mode and configured to run a tool path generator module to generate a tool path for the energy applicator in the semi-autonomous mode based on said data.

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