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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Mile Ostojic, London, CA;
Mile Ostojic, London, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa ON, unknown;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for positioning, orientation and insertion of a medical device. The apparatus comprising a first pentagonal mechanism which offers two degrees of freedom, and a second pentagonal mechanism which offers three degrees of freedom of motion. The two are aligned along a first axis so as to permit them to hold an instrument driving means. The instrument driving means is adapted to hold a medical instrument and adapted to permit said instrument to move along and rotate on its own axis. The instrument driving means offers another two degrees of freedom of motion. The apparatus provides a total of six degrees of freedom.