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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicant:
J. Michael Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Inventor:
J. Michael Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Assignee:
MicroDexterity Systems, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a surgical manipulator which is capable of manipulating a surgical or medical tool in up to six degrees of freedom. The manipulator has a haptic interface and an associated position sensing system. A controller is provided that can be used to adjust movement information from the haptic interface based on the relative orientations of the manipulator and the haptic interface.