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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Garnette Roy Sutherland, Calgary, CA;
Deon Francois Louw, Calgary, CA;
Paul Bradley Mcbeth, Calgary, CA;
Tim Fielding, Brampton, CA;
Dennis John Gregoris, Toronto, CA;
Garnette Roy Sutherland, Calgary, CA;
Deon Francois Louw, Calgary, CA;
Paul Bradley McBeth, Calgary, CA;
Tim Fielding, Brampton, CA;
Dennis John Gregoris, Toronto, CA;
NeuroArm Surgical Ltd., Manitoba, CA;
Abstract
A method of operating a surgical system. The method includes obtaining a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in which magnetic resonance (MR) visible targets are located; registering a robotic arm to the MRI scan using a digitizing tool, the robotic arm including: multiple joints and multiple degrees of freedom; an MR-compatible structural material; multiple MR-compatible joint motors; multiple MR-compatible joint encoders; and an end effector holding an MR-compatible surgical tool having a tool tip; and displaying a location of the tool tip relative to an image from the MRI scan.