OCT-assisted surgical microscope with multi-coordinate manipulator
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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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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for use during a neurosurgical procedure to enable a multi-coordinate manipulator ("MCM") to locate blood vessels and nerves in a patient'"'"'s brain with submillimeter resolution. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for mapping oxygenation of brain tissue in three dimensions to differentiate tumor tissue from normal brain tissue with submillimeter resolution.
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36 Claims
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1. A surgical apparatus for use in performing a surgical procedure on an object which comprises:
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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; andan 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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24. A method of performing a surgical procedure on an object which comprises the steps of:
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translating a surgical microscope, orienting an optic axis of the surgical microscope and autofocusing the surgical microscope; scanning the object with optical output from an optical coherence tomography apparatus and producing OCT scan data in response to reflections of the optical output from the object; and analyzing the OCT scan data to transform diagnostic image data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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