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Dean has an answer to a post awhile back concerning Medtronic's O-Arm. He may want to review the newer article and add to what he previously posted...

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=16279176

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=16318048

I noticed some problems with the Medtronic O-Arm in the recent link. It has a high cost of nearly a million dollars for the O-Arm and Stealth navigation together. It has higher radiation levels than the C-Arm.

Medtronic appears to be working on new software that might allow using the O-Arm in the head, but it will take another year to complete. It looks like they will need an additional FDA submission.

Here's a Medtronic link that indicates the O-Arm has 2-D fluoroscopy and 3-D imaging. The fastest images (HD3D) take 25 seconds...

http://www.medtronicnavigation.com/procedures/intraoperative/o-arm.jsp