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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Hellmuth, Aalen, DE;
Michael Kaschke, Oberkochen, DE;
John C Moore, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Gerhard Unold, Essingen, DE;
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss, Inc., Thornwood, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600407 ; 2502013 ; 359358 ; 600310 ;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for use during a neurosurgical procedure to enable a multi-coordinate manipulator ('MCM') to locate blood vessels and nerves in a patient's brain with submillimeter resolution. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for mapping oxygenation of brain tissue in three dimensions to differentiate tumor tissue from normal brain tissue with submillimeter resolution.
Published as:
EP0815801A2; JPH1071158A; US5795295A; EP0815801A3; EP0815801B1; DE69724193D1; DE69724193T2; JP4091143B2;