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Apparatus and method for recording data of a surgical procedure

  • US 5,755,577 A
  • Filed: 07/11/1996
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for recording data of an actual surgical procedure, the apparatus comprising:

  • a computer for receiving and storing data related to the actual surgical procedure; and

    a virtual orifice attached directly over a real orifice of a patient undergoing the actual surgical procedure, wherein said virtual orifice is connected to said computer and wherein said virtual orifice transmits motion data of an actual surgical instrument inserted through said virtual orifice and into the real orifice of the patient to said computer during the actual surgical procedure.

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