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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Petrus Carolus Johannes Nicolaas Rosielle, Veldhoven, NL;
Petrus Carolus Johannes Nicolaas Rosielle, Veldhoven, NL;
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a surgical robot for performing surgery of the minimally invasive type on a body to be operated upon, which surgical robot includes a number of surgical arms having respective distal ends, to each of which distal ends a surgical instrument is connected for performing surgical procedures inside a human or animal body, a base element, manipulation means for manipulating the surgical arms relative to the base element for performing the surgery, and control means for controlling the manipulation means. Positioning means are provided for positioning the base element above the body.