Manipulator for an instrument for minimally invasive surgery and such an instrument
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Jun 2, 2005
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Oct 15, 2004
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Apr 16, 2002
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A manipulator for an instrument for minimally invasive surgery, provided with a first moveable carriage, on which first carriage the instrument can be mounted, wherein the first carriage is positioned on a first arm of a parallelogram construction to provide the instrument with a virtual pivoting point in the plane in which during use the instrument intersects the body of a patient, wherein the proximal end of the manipulator is provided with a handle for operating the instrument with the handle being placed on, or forming part of a second arm of the parallelogram construction opposite the first arm, such that a body axis of the handle always extends parallel to the instrument.
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