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Three-dimensional beam localization microscope apparatus for stereotactic diagnoses or surgery

  • US 5,143,076 A
  • Filed: 07/11/1990
  • Issued: 09/01/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stereotactic surgical beam localization apparatus disposed within a surgical microscope, the apparatus comprising:

  • stereotactic surgical frame means;

    objective lens means of said surgical microscope attached to said stereotactic surgical frame means;

    beam emitting means comprising laser means disposed within said surgical microscope for emitting at least two beams through said objective lens means from two separate and spaced points;

    means for movably adjusting the relative positions to one another of said beam emitting points;

    means for aiming said beams at user selected locations on a selected volumetric entity of a body; and

    means for ascertaining desired information about the selected volumetric entity of the body mathematically from the positions of said beam emitting means in said apparatus, the relative positions to one another of said beam emitting means, and the aiming directions of beams from the beam emitting points.

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