NeuroMate

NeuroMate (Renishaw, UK) is an image-guided robotic system used by surgeons in stereotactic neurosurgical procedures. It is a 5 degree of freedom and passive robot, in the sense that it aligns the tool holder with the planned trajectory. Neuromate system can currently be used for electrode placement for epilepsy monitoring (SEEG and DE), therapeutic neuroendoscopy, deep brain stimulation, biopsy, neuro-oncology drug delivery, transcranial magnetic stimulation and radiosurgery. The function of NeuroMate robot is to determine location of insertion for a drill, a probe, or electrode based on the preoperative images that are loaded in the robot workstation. Cardinale et al. reported in 2013 clinical application accuracy of 0.86 +/- 1.31 at target point in a series of 1050 electrodes implanted SEEG monitoring.