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Apparatus and method for performing computer enhanced surgery with articulated instrument

  • US 6,223,100 B1
  • Filed: 03/25/1998
  • Issued: 04/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for performing surgery on an anatomy of a person comprising:

  • (a) providing a control assembly coupled to a surgical assembly comprising a surgical instrument including a forearm member having a longitudinal axis and a distal forearm end, a wrist member pivotally connected to the distal forearm end of the forearm member in a manner as to be capable of being pivoted about a first axis, and an end effector member movably coupled to the wrist member in a manner as to be capable of being moved about a second axis;

    (b) inserting the surgical instrument of the surgical assembly into an anatomy of a person until the end effector member reaches an internal surgical site within he anatomy of the person;

    (c) pivoting manually the control assembly to cause the forearm to rotate about the longitudinal axis, and to cause the wrist member to pivot within said anatomy about the first axis;

    (d) moving manually an end effector-controlling element of the control assembly to cause the end effector member to move about the second axis and perform a surgical procedure at the internal surgical site within the anatomy of the person.

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