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Image guided awl/tap/screwdriver
United States Patent	6021343
Link to this page	http://www.wikipatents.com/6021343.html
Inventor(s)	Foley; Kevin T. (Memphis, TN), Melkent; Anthony J. (Lafayette, CO), Carroll; Catalina J. (Memphis, TN)
Abstract	A trackable medical instrument for use in a computer assisted image guided medical and surgical navigation systems that generate images during medical and surgical procedures, includes a guide member having an emitter array for being tracked by the system and a drive shaft contained within the guide member having a proximal and a distal end, the drive shaft being rotatable within the guide member while being fixable axially inside the guide member, the proximal end of the drive shaft having a first connector for interchangeably receiving at least one drive source, and the distal end having a second connector for interchangeably receiving at least one instrument tip.

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