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Method and device for estimating an optimal pivot point
Methods and devices for determining the position of an optimal pivot point for handling instruments in minimally invasive surgery, comprises providing at least two ex-vivo images of an instrument's motion in time and extracting substantially parallel instrument lines from said images being separated by a same distance to determine the pivot point.
Patent Publication Number: WO2015158756
Year filing: 2015
Year approval: 2016
Year publication: 2015
Status: Requested
URI: link to Espacenet
Technology domains: Medical technology, Handling
Validated for IOF-key: Yes
Attributed to: Associatie KULeuven