78596887
Mar 29, 2005
Augmented surgical interface control systems, namely, medical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery and for use in the training and simulation of surgery; surgical systems with surgical equipment in the nature of augmented surgical interfaces which incorporate surgical instruments, medical tissue imaging apparatuses, surgical instrument motion actuators, position controllers and operator interface components, namely, surgical and medical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery; medical devices for performing microsurgery, namely,medical apparatus and instrument for controlling the motion of surgical instruments within a surgical field, and surgical instruments for use in association with such medical apparatus and instruments; medical tools and instruments for use in conjunction with surgical procedures performed utilizing augmented surgical interfaces, namely, medical apparatus and instruments for accurately locating and positioning augmented surgical interfaces with respect to a surgical field; augmented surgical systems for assisting in the performance of surgical procedures,namely, medical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery; surgical and medical apparatus and instruments in the nature of operator input medical apparatuses and operator displays that allow an operator of an augmented surgical interface to control the physical positioning of surgical equipment in a surgical field, augmented surgical apparatus and instruments for controlling the position of and moving surgical instruments within a surgical field, and surgical instruments for use in association with augmented surgical equipment;surgical systems for providing training and simulation capabilities with respect to surgical procedures using augmented surgical interfaces, namely, augmented surgical interface medical apparatus and instruments having internal capabilities for generating feedback to an operator simulating the displays and control feedbacks which would be encountered during actual performance of a surgical procedure using the augmented surgical interface; augmented surgical interface control system, namely, computer hardware and software and surgical and medical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus