Sterile drape
AssigneeMinrad Inc.
InventorsJohn C. McNeirney, William H. Burns, Jr.
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Abstract
A sterile drape serving to preserve the sterile integrity of an operating field is disclosed. The drape has a rigid optically clear window which allows a visible light beam, such as a laser beam, to exit a targeting device without refraction or distortion that could result in misalignment of the visible light beam relative to a targeted object. The rigid optically clear window is made of a material having an ability to transmit light and which ability remains substantially unchanged after the drape has undergone a gamma radiation sterilization process.
Claims7
A system for undistorted transmission of a visible light beam along a predetermined direction, the system comprising:
- a targeting device generating the visible light beam, the device having a device window through which the visible light beam travels along the predetermined direction;
- a holding element extending across the device window, the holding element having opposite ends, the holding element being attached to the targeting device at the opposite ends;
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- a protective cover having a flexible body with an opening and an optically clear window bonded to the flexible body, whereby the optically clear window can be fitted along a portion of its periphery between the holding element and the device window in order to maintain proper alignment between the device window and the optically clear window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.