Patent ID: 7925328

Claim:
A stereotactic navigation system for navigating an instrument to a target site within a patient, the stereotactic navigation system comprising: a stereotactic head frame defining a navigable patient space and configured to be coupled to the patient and used to assist in guiding the instrument to the target site; a tracking system with a plurality of tracking devices operable to be tracked; a first sub-plurality of the plurality of tracking devices, configured to be coupled to the stereotactic head frame for use in tracking an instrument location of the instrument; a processor system for registering the navigable patient space to acquired image data of the patient; and an adjustment system configured to be coupled to the stereotactic head frame and including a stage to which a second sub-plurality of the plurality of tracking devices is configured to be connected, the adjustment system is configured for adjusting a location and orientation of the instrument relative to the target site by adjusting the stage, the adjustment system automatically adjusting the stereotactic head frame via a real-time closed loop feedback with the processor system and the stereotactic head frame.