Sterile Drape Assembly For Surgical Robot
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsVictor Soto, Oscar Williams, Donald W. Malackowski, Kathryn Aubrey
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Abstract
A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot having a robotic arm, a cart coupled to the robotic arm, and optical tracking elements coupled to the robotic arm. The sterile drape assembly includes a surgical drape having an arm drape portion adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm. The sterile drape assembly also includes a drape holder cooperating with the surgical drape to cover the optical tracking elements located on the robotic arm.
Claims20
A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot having a robotic arm and optical tracking elements coupled to the robotic arm, the sterile drape assembly comprising:
- a surgical drape having an arm drape portion adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm;
- and
- a drape holder cooperating with the arm drape portion of the surgical drape to cover the optical tracking elements located on the robotic arm.
A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot having a robotic arm, the sterile drape assembly comprising:
- a surgical drape having an arm drape portion adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm;
- and
- a ring assembly attached to the arm drape portion and configured to engage with a sterile interface plate.
A surgical robot comprising:
- a robotic arm;
- an end effector coupled to the robotic arm;
- a plurality of optical tracking elements attached to the robotic arm;
- a sterile interface plate to couple the end effector to the robotic arm;
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- a sterile drape assembly including a surgical drape having an arm drape portion disposed over the robotic arm, the sterile drape assembly comprising:
- a drape holder cooperating with the arm drape portion to cover the plurality of optical tracking elements;
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- a ring assembly coupled to the arm drape portion to engage with the sterile interface plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.