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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US);
Gregory S. Fischer, Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin Piecuch, Mansfield, MA (US);
Dino Kasvikis, Mansfield, MA (US);
Perry A. Genova, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical head clamp and robotics platform secures a head of a patient and positions an instrument relative to the head for a medical procedure. The head clamp and robotics platform comprises a planar C-shaped frame for at least partially encircling the head of a patient. An instrument arm is mounted is to a free distal end of one arm member of the frame. The instrument arm extends away from the arm member in a direction transverse to the plane of the frame. The instrument arm includes a base mounted to the arm member for movement along three degrees of freedom relative to the frame, a proximal portion extending from and pivotally connected to the base, and a distal instrument holder extending from and pivotally connected to the proximal portion. The instrument arm functions to selectively position the instrument in an angular position relative to the head clamp.