Surgical system instrument sterile adapter
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Holop, Anthony K. McGrogan, Craig R. Ramstad
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AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Holop, Anthony K. McGrogan, Craig R. Ramstad
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A sterile drape comprises a plurality of sleeves and a plurality of sterile adapters each at a distal end of a corresponding drape sleeve. Each sterile adapter includes a housing configured to receive a distal face of an instrument manipulator having a plurality of manipulator actuator outputs, a membrane interface at a distal end of the housing that includes a plurality of actuator interfaces, and a pair of supports coupled to the housing to retain a surgical instrument having a plurality of instrument actuator inputs so that the plurality of instrument actuator inputs are opposite to corresponding manipulator actuator outputs with a corresponding actuator interface between each corresponding instrument actuator input and manipulator actuator output. Each sterile adapter also comprises a rotatable seal adapted to couple a proximal opening of each drape sleeve to a rotatable element at a distal end of the manipulator arm.
A sterile drape, comprising:
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