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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Perfint Healthcare Private Limited, Chennai, TamilNadu, IN;
Gnanasekar Velusamy, Chennai, IN;
Cregg K. Cowan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Annjoe Wong-Foy, Pacifica, CA (US);
Perfint Healthcare Private Limited, T'Nagar, IN;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a robotic positioning device and a locating mat. The locating mat includes a location pattern and can be disposed on a floor at a desired position relative to a movable cradle of an imaging system. The robotic positioning device is configured to be disposed, at least partially, above the locating mat. The robotic positioning device includes a docking device that includes an optical device and a guide manipulator supported on the docking device. The guide manipulator can be positioned relative to the movable cradle based, at least partially, on image data associated with the optical device and the location pattern of the locating mat. The guide manipulator can position an instrument guide relative to a patient disposed on the movable cradle.