OCT-assisted surgical microscope with multi-coordinate manipulator

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PATENT NO 5795295
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08669948

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Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for use during a neurosurgical procedure to enable a multi-coordinate manipulator ('MCM') to locate blood vessels and nerves in a patient's brain with submillimeter resolution. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for mapping oxygenation of brain tissue in three dimensions to differentiate tumor tissue from normal brain tissue with submillimeter resolution.

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CARL ZEISS INC1 ZEISS DRIVE THORNWOOD NY 10594

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Hellmuth, Thomas Aalen, DE 14 1683
Kaschke, Michael Oberkochen, DE 10 540
Moore, John C Half Moon Bay, CA 36 819
Unold, Gerhard Essingen, DE 2 360

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