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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Arthur E. Quaid, Iii, Hollywood, FL (US);
Inventor:
Arthur E. Quaid, III, Hollywood, FL (US);
Assignee:
Z-Kat, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device comprises defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of the physical object, dynamically modifying a configuration of the haptic object in response to a medical device coupled to the haptic device being in proximity to the haptic object, and providing haptic cues to guide a user of the medical device in sculpting at least a portion of the physical object corresponding to the haptic object.
Published as:
WO03077101A2; AU2003218010A1; AU2003218010A8; TW200304608A; US2004024311A1; US2004034282A1; US2004034283A1; US2004034302A1; WO03077101A3; WO03077101A9; US7206626B2; US7206627B2; US2010137882A1; US7747311B2; US8095200B2; US2012109152A1; US8391954B2; US2017151021A1; US10610301B2; US2020170716A1; US2020179053A1; US2020323594A1; US11076918B2; US2021338331A1; US11298190B2; US11298191B2;