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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2022
Applicants:

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);

University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);

Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc, North Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Axel Krieger, Fulton, MD (US);

Yancy Diaz-Mercado, College Park, MD (US);

Xiaolong Liu, Baltimore, MD (US);

Matthew Fan, College Park, MD (US);

Lamar Mair, Baltimore, MD (US);

Irving Weinberg, Chevy Chase, MD (US);

Sagar Chowdhury, Peoria, IL (US);

Will Pryor, Baltimore, MD (US);

Yotam Barnoy, Baltimore, MD (US);

Suraj Raval, College Park, MD (US);

Önder Erin, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignees:

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (US);

WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS, INC, North Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing surgery and other interventional procedures on human and non-human animals with a semi-autonomous and/or fully autonomous robotic system. The methods and apparatuses include a system for controlling magnetic fields to dynamically detect the location of magnetizable tools and to manipulate said tools in order to obtain a favorable therapeutic or diagnostic outcome.


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