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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Alexandre Moreau-gaudry, Meylan, FR;
Agnes Bonvilain, Myans, FR;
Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry, Meylan, FR;
Agnes Bonvilain, Myans, FR;
Universite Joseph Fourier—Grenoble 1, St. Martin d'Heres, FR;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a surgical intervention device, including a surgical instrument capable of passing through human or animal tissue and a system comprising so-called 'passive' components capable of measuring deformation or a local strain of the instrument and/or so-called 'active' components capable of imposing a local strain on the instrument, the system comprising at least two series of passive components arranged at the surface of the instrument so as to establish a biunivocal relation between the position of the instrument or the position of the distal end of the instrument and all the data originating from the series, and, where required, at least two series of active components arranged at the surface of the instrument. The disclosure also relates to a process for determining the position of the distal end of a surgical instrument capable of passing through human or animal tissue.