Medical drape with connector system for surgical robotic tracking marker

A drape system comprising:

• a drape configured to be placed over at least a portion of a patient undergoing a medical procedure, the drape having a first side configured to face the patient and a second side opposite the first surface;
• a patient tracking device comprising a base configured to be attached to a patient and a head carrying at least one tracking marker configured to be tracked by a surgical position recognition system, wherein the base of the patient tracking device has a proximal end and the head of the patient tracking device has a distal end;
• and
• a connector configured to connect the patient tracking device across the drape, the connector comprising a first connector body configured to couple to the proximal end of the base of the patient tracking device and a second connector body configured to couple to the distal end of the head of the patient tracking device,
• wherein the first connector body is configured to connect to the second connector body with the drape positioned between the first connector body and the second connector body.

A connector for connecting a tracking device across a drape, the connector comprising:

• a first connector body configured to couple to a base of a patient tracking device, the base of the patient tracking device being configured to be attached to a patient, and the first connector body defining a face configured to contact a first side of a drape for covering the patient;
• and
• a second connector body configured to couple to a head of the patient tracking device, the head of the patient tracking device carrying at least one tracking marker, the second connector body defining a face configured to contact a second side of a drape,
• wherein the face of the first connector body is configured to connect to the face of the second connector body with the drape positioned between the first connector body and the second connector body.

A surgical position recognition and drape system, the system comprising:

• a surgical position recognition system configured to track a position of a tracking marker attached to a patient in three-dimensional space during a surgical procedure;
• a drape configured to be placed over at least a portion of the patient, the drape having a first side configured to face the patient and a second side opposite the first surface;
• and
• a connector configured to connect the patient tracking device across the drape, the connector comprising a first connector body configured to couple to the proximal end of the base of the patient tracking device and a second connector body configured to couple to the distal end of the head of the patient tracking device,
• wherein the first connector body is configured to connect to the second connector body with the drape positioned between the first connector body and the second connector body.