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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Russell A Brown, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283 / ; 128630 ; 378208 ; 378162 ;
Abstract
A system utilizing computed tomography (CT) as for surgery. A CT scanner provides data representative of or slices taken through a body member. Display apparatus reveals the slices. A reference apparatus (frame) affixed to the body, operates in conjunction with the scanner and the display apparatus. The frame includes: structure for affixation to the body, holder means for guiding the therapeutic instrument, and structure for providing reference indications. The system further includes a data processing structure and control means for transforming data between frame coordinates and slice coordinates.
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