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Patent Inventor Names
Arthur E. Quaid, III0
Date of Patent
April 17, 2007
0Patent Application Number
103840720
Date Filed
March 6, 2003
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In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device comprises defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of the physical object, dynamically modifying a configuration of the haptic object in response to a medical device coupled to the haptic device being in proximity to the haptic object, and providing haptic cues to guide a user of the medical device in sculpting at least a portion of the physical object corresponding to the haptic object.
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