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OCT-assisted surgical microscope with multi-coordinate manipulator

  • US 5,795,295 A
  • Filed: 06/25/1996
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical apparatus for use in performing a surgical procedure on an object which comprises:

  • a surgical microscope;

    a multi-coordinate manipulator ("MCM") system which;

    (a) translates the surgical microscope and orients an optic axis of the surgical microscope, (b) stores diagnostic image data, and (c) autofocuses the surgical microscope; and

    an optical coherence tomography ("OCT") apparatus which includes;

    (a) a scanner which scans the object with optical output from the OCT apparatus in response to input from the MCM system, (b) a receiver which produces OCT scan data in response to reflections of the optical output from the object, and (c) a transmitter which transmits the OCT scan data to the MCM system for analysis.

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