Fixed Camera Apparatus, System, and Method for Facilitating Image-Guided Surgery

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method for providing a rigid connection between a localizing camera and a patient's head for image-guided surgery. A fixed camera head clamp includes a camera mount for rigidly securing a localizing camera to the head clamp. In one embodiment, a proximal end of the camera mount is selectively secured to a receptacle of a frame of the head clamp and a distal end of the camera mount includes a camera receptacle configured to receive a localizing camera. A fixed camera head clamp system includes the head clamp and a localizing camera. A camera mount system includes a camera mount secured to a patient's head and a localizing camera secured to a camera receptacle on the camera mount.