Patent ID: 7625383
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A manipulator for use in performing medical procedures on a portion of a body of a patient, comprising: a medical tool; a positioning mechanism which carries the medical tool, the positioning mechanism being capable of moving the tool with at least one degree of freedom; a movable haptic interface that is adapted to receive manually input position information from an operator and which communicates with a manipulator controller that directs movement of the positioning mechanism; a remote position tracking system including an electromagnetic field generator for producing a multidimensional electromagnetic field in three mutually distinguishable dimensions, the position tracking system being capable of tracking the position of the medical tool and the body of the patient relative to a predetermined frame of reference in three dimensions as the tool is moved by the positioning mechanism, at least a portion of the remote position tracking system being arranged remotely from the positioning mechanism.