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Medical manipulator for use with an imaging device

US6665554B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1999
Grant dateDec 16, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2090/506
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A manipulator for use in medical procedures can manipulate a medical tool with one or more degrees of freedom with respect to a patient. The manipulator is particularly useful for positioning a medical tool with respect to a patient disposed inside an imaging device such as a computer tomography machine.

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