Apparatus for holding and driving a surgical cutting device usin

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1997-02-24

1998-11-03

Dawson, Glenn K.

Surgery

Instruments

Stereotaxic device

600562, 600568, 600429, A61B 1900, A61B 1000

Patent

active

058302190

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for holding and driving a rotary cutting surgical instrument with a needle guiding stage of a stereotactic mammography biopsy system is disclosed. The system includes a rotary cutting surgical instrument having a housing with a mechanism for securing the housing to a needle guiding stage of the stereotactic mammography biopsy system. The apparatus further includes a position encoder and controller for determining the resistance experienced by the rotary cutting instrument and for controlling the rotation of the instrument in response to the resistance.

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