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Registering method and apparatus for robotic surgery, and a registering device constituting an application thereof

  • US 6,167,292 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 12/26/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for bringing images of a body part intended to be searched or submitted to surgery to register for robotic image guided search or surgery, comprising an insert arrangeable on only a localized zone of an anatomical structure and having anchoring means for anchoring said insert directly into a bone area proximate the localized zone of an anatomical structure, said insert being designed to receive successively at least two separate support elements, namely, a first support element having at least three marker elements disposed in non-aligned and spaced-apart configuration and comprising a material that shows up in an image produced with an imaging device, and a second support element having at least three energy emitter or receiver elements disposed in a non-aligned and spaced-apart configuration, each energy emitter or receiver element of the second support element, when in place on the insert, in replacement of the first support element, occupying a position that is substantially identical to the position of a corresponding maker element previously fixed to the insert.

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