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Surgical operating apparatus

US6094590A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateSep 18, 1997
Grant dateJul 25, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B34/70
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical operating apparatus capable of a high-precision surgical operation while observing a detailed image of an affected part to be subjected to surgical operation and capable of observing a related location of the affected part under surgical operation by means of an image obtained the imaging of a wider range is provided with an operating table provided in an area made an object of measurement by an MRI apparatus so that a surgical operation can be performed by operating an operating manipulator by an operation input device while monitoring a local image from an endoscope and/or a ultrasonic scanner and the observation of a range in the neighborhood of the affected part and wider than an observing area of the endoscope is enabled by the MRI apparatus under surgical operation, thereby providing a high-security surgical operating apparatus.

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