Guided Surgical Bionics (GSB) provides robotically customized probe guides to treat Parkinson's Disease.
The treatment is Deep-Brain-Stimulation (DBS), and GSB provides frameless, break-through technology via two options:
Bilateral
Microtable
Unilateral
Microtable
Advantages of the Microtable over a frame:
It reduces the number of the patient's DBS surgeries from 2 to 1.
It reduces the number of orientation settings from 5 to zero.
It reduces the average error from 1.20 mm to 0.75 mm.
It is not worn outside of the surgical suite.
It is not bolted to the operating table.
It is not visible to the patient.
It is less surgically complex.
It is less heavy to attach.
It is less frightening.
Accuracy
Peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery reports superior clinical accuracy of the Unilateral Microtable: "The Microtable...has demonstrated the potential for superior accuracy compared to both traditional stereotactic frames and other common frameless systems."