Surgical operating apparatus
US6094590A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 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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