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AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsKevin Zhang, Norbert Johnson, Mir Hussain, James Cascarano, Justin Larson, James Yau, Robert LeBoeuf, Michael Norcia
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A drape covers robotic equipment in a medical environment to maintain sterility. The robotic equipment has an arm with an end surface which attaches to a tool, such as an active end effector. The drape has an extended drape portion that covers the arm, and a shaped drape portion that covers the end of the arm where the arm is clamped to the tool. The drape is clamped inside the clamp, and where the clamping occurs, the drape has a band of material that is reinforced by being thickened or by including a different material. The shape of the band corresponds to the portion of the arm that is clamped by the clamp.
A drape for covering robotic equipment in a medical environment, the robotic equipment having an arm and an arm portion with an end surface and a tool which attaches to the arm portion with a clamp, the drape comprising:
A drape for covering robotic equipment in a medical environment, the robotic equipment having an arm and an arm portion with an end surface with a flange having an indexing shape and a tool which attaches to the arm portion with a clamp, the clamp including an indexing shape corresponding to the indexing shape of the flange, the drape comprising:
The drape of claim 18, further including a plurality of electrically conductive contacts within the shaped drape portion, the electrically conductive contacts operative to conduct electricity from a first side of the shaped drape portion to a second side of the shaped drape portion opposite to the first side.
A method of draping robotic equipment in a medical environment for sterility, the robotic equipment having an arm and an arm portion with an end surface and a tool which attaches to the arm portion with a clamp, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.