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Provisional application No. 60/685,190, filed on May 27, 2005, provisional application No.
60/681,719, filed on May 16, 2005, provisional application No. 60/681,864, filed on May 16 …

BACKGROUND Robotic surgery involves the use of one or more robotically manipulated
surgical instruments, extending within a patient to perform a surgical procedure. Each …

(57) ABSTRACT A method and system for guiding at least a portion of a Surgical device to a
desired position between two tissues in a patient's body involves coupling a guidewire to the …

US8147421B2 - System and methods for determining nerve direction to a surgical
instrument - Google Patents US8147421B2 - System and methods for determining nerve …

Systems and methods for discriminating and locating tissues within a body involve applying
a waveform signal to tissue between two electrodes and measuring the electrical charac …

4,103,678 8/1978 Karacan et al. m 128/774 nerve is described. The apparatus is closed-
loop in nature in... 28/407 that the device is automated and is independent of the skill …

Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safe guarding against tissue injury
during Surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to Surgery and/or …

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A method and system for detecting proximity of a nerve to a proximity electrode and status of
nerve. The method of detecting the proximity of the nerve to the proximity electrode applies a …