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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Louis L. Whitcomb, Baltimore, MD (US);
Axel Krieger, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert Charles Susil, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gabor Fichtinger, Kingston, CA;
Ergin Atalar, Bilkent Ankara, TR;
Iulian I. Iordachita, Towson, MD (US);
Louis L. Whitcomb, Baltimore, MD (US);
Axel Krieger, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert Charles Susil, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gabor Fichtinger, Kingston, CA;
Ergin Atalar, Bilkent Ankara, TR;
Iulian I. Iordachita, Towson, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A device, system, and method for entering a medical device such as a needle into the body inside a medical imager such as a MRI scanner, CT, X-ray fluoroscopy, and ultrasound imaging, from within a body cavity (such as the rectum, vagina, or laparoscopically accessed cavity). A three degree-of-freedom mechanical device translates and rotates inside the cavity and enters a needle into the body, and steers the needle to a target point selected by the user. The device is guided by real-time images from the medical imager. Networked computers process the medical images and enable the clinician to control the motion of the mechanical device that is operated within the imager, outside of the imager or remotely from outside the imager.