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2005-08-09

2005-08-09

Flanagan, Beverly M. (Department: 3739)

Surgery

Instruments

C600S102000, C600S117000, C600S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06926709

ABSTRACT:
In a method and operating system for conducting a surgical intervention, respective position sensors are mounted at a laparoscope and a surgical instrument used to conduct the intervention, and a navigation system is supplied with orientation information from these position sensors. Based on this orientation information, the navigation system automatically controls a robot arm, to which the laparoscope is mounted, to always maintain the surgical instrument in the field of view of the laparoscope.

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