Systems and methods for sterilization and storage of a sterilized teleoperated component
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsJohn Ryan Steger, Daniel H. Gomez
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Abstract
A system is provided including a reclosable storage container comprising an interior sterile environment. The system also includes a sterile teleoperated component of a teleoperated surgical manipulator assembly in the interior sterile environment. A communications interface enables communication between a device outside the storage container and the component inside the storage container. A viewing window allows the stored component to be seen through the storage container. Multiple storage containers can be moved and stored. In an operating room, the storage container is opened, and the component is removed and assembled into the teleoperated surgical assembly.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a reclosable storage container comprising an interior sterile environment;
- and
- a sterile teleoperated component of a teleoperated surgical manipulator assembly in the interior sterile environment,
- wherein the sterile teleoperated component is configured to receive a communication in the interior sterile environment, and wherein in response to the communication, the sterile teleoperated component is configured to:
- teleoperably move in the interior sterile environment;
- or
- initiate a self-test in the interior sterile environment to determine an operational status of the sterile teleoperated component.
A method comprising:
- establishing a communication, through a reclosable storage container that defines an interior sterile environment, to a sterilized teleoperated component of a teleoperated surgical manipulator assembly within the interior sterile environment, wherein in response to the communication, the sterilized teleoperated component:
- teleoperably moves in the interior sterile environment;
- or
- initiates a self-test in the interior sterile environment to determine an operational status of the sterile teleoperated component.
A system comprising:
- a closed sterile storage container;
- a sterilized teleoperated component positioned within the closed sterile storage container;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- establishing a communication through a wall of the closed sterile storage container to the sterilized teleoperated component;
- and
- responsive to the communication, moving a mechanism of the sterilized teleoperated component within the closed sterile storage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.