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Apparatus and method for surgical stereotactic procedures    

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United States Patent6261300   
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Inventor(s)Carol; Mark (Sewickley, PA); Day; James L. (Cincinnati, OH); Miller; Erik G. (Pittsburgh, PA); Riker; Robert J. (Pittsburgh, PA)
AbstractAn apparatus and method are disclosed for displaying a path between a selected target and selected points on a patient's skull and for guiding surgical instruments along any selected path. The system is comprised of an image display system, an articulated arm and probe, and a stereotactic system. The sub-systems are coupled to one another so that the articulated probe may be used to select patient fiducial points that correspond to selected image fiducial points. Using these points, the image display system coregisters the external locations to the displayed images so that the probe condition may be displayed with the displayed images. The system further permits the identification of a selected target within a patient's brain and to project a path from the external position to the target prior to the performance of a craniotomy. After evaluation of the path, a surgeon may lock the stereotactic system in place to preserve a selected surgical path and to guide instruments along that path. A method of utilizing the system to perform such surgical procedures is also described.
   














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Inventor     Carol; Mark (Sewickley, PA); Day; James L. (Cincinnati, OH); Miller; Erik G. (Pittsburgh, PA); Riker; Robert J. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Owner/Assignee     Ohio Medical Instrument Company, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
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Publication Date     July 17, 2001
Application Number     09/553,508
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Filing Date     April 20, 2000
US Classification     606/130 600/417 600/429
Int'l Classification     A61B 019/00
Examiner     Philogene; Pedro
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Attorney/Law Firm     Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P.
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Parent Case     This application is a Division of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 08/986,292, filed on Dec. 6, 1997 U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,288; which is a Continuation of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 08/315,927, filed on Sep. 30, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,501.
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USPTO Field of Search     606/130 606/1 600/417 600/429
Patent Tags     surgical stereotactic procedures
   
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