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Ascension to Unveil
new microBIRD Tracker at MMVR
BURLINGTON, VERMONT; JANUARY
9, 2004: Ascension
Technology will display
a prototype of the new microBIRD
motion tracker in Booth #130
at the 12th Annual
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality
Conference January
14-17, 2004, in Newport Beach,
CA. The microBIRD has been
designed for minimally invasive
medical procedures including
computer-assisted and robotic
surgery. Development of microBIRD
is being funded in part by
a grant from the Defense
Advanced Research Project
Agency (DARPA).
microBIRD applications include
3D measurement of instruments
such as biopsy needles, catheters,
probes, robotic end-effectors
and scopes—all of which need
precise 6 degrees-of-freedom
tracking when inserted in
the human body. Employing
a pulsed DC magnetic field
sensing technology to minimize
metallic distortion, microBIRD
also overcomes the limitations
of line-of-sight tracking
devices which are bulky and
easily occluded. Additional
technological developments
to further minimize real time
metallic distortion will be
made as the DARPA project
progresses.
At MMVR, Ascension partners
will also show how miniBIRD
sensors are used in medical
simulation and training applications:
Simbionix will display the
Uro Mentor simulator for safe
hands-on training and practice
of endourology diagnostic
and therapeutic procedures.
The Center for Integration
of Medicine and Innovative
Technology (CIMIT) will exhibit
the VIRGIL Chest Trauma Training
Simulator System developed
to teach Army medics how to
treat collapsed lungs and
blood or air in the chest
cavity.
All conference attendees
and media representatives
are invited to stop by the
Ascension booth (#130) to
see the microBIRD exhibit
and obtain more information
about Ascension’s tracking
products and their diversified
medical applications.
Ascension Technology Corporation,
based in Burlington, Vermont,
USA, is a world leader in
magnetic motion tracking solutions
for medical applications.
More information about Ascension
trackers is available at www.ascension-tech.com.
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VISIT US AT MMVR IN BOOTH
#130!
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