Method and system for compensating a self-caused displacement of tissue

A system for compensating a neurally triggered or other self-caused displacement of a tissue of an animal including man, comprising a base provided with means for immobilizing the animal or person or body part thereof comprising said tissue, one or more displacement means in contact with the base, a means for sampling position data from marker disposed in or in the proximity of the tissue, a means for sampling source activity data from one or more sources of displacement, microprocessor means for correlating position data and source activity data to generate a predictive correspondence, a means for controlling said one or more displacement means by source activity data based on the predictive correspondence.

The system of, where the means for sampling source activity data comprises one or more of:

• electromyographic (EMG) data from skeletal muscle, in particular data of respiratory muscles (Resp-EMG), electrocardiogram (ECG) data, data from respiratory air flow, data from neuronal activity in the nervous system, in particular neuronal motor commands, data related to smooth muscle activity.

A method for compensating a neurally triggered or other self-caused displacement of a tissue of an animal including man, in which a compensating displacement of the tissue is initiated by an electric signal from the source of the neurally triggered or other self-caused displacement.