Robotic surgical system with sterile surgical adaptor
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Orban, III, S. Christopher Anderson, Roman Devengenzo, Bruce Schena, Michael Prindiville, Thomas G Cooper, William Burbank
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Abstract
A sterile drape with integrated sterile adaptor, a telerobotic surgical system, and method of use are provided for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals.
Claims12
A robotic surgical system for performing a procedure within a sterile field, the system comprising:
- a manipulator arm in a non-sterile field, wherein the manipulator arm includes a spring loaded input;
- a surgical instrument in the sterile field;
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- a sterile drape covering the manipulator arm to shield the manipulator arm from the sterile field, the sterile drape including a sterile adaptor configured to engage the spring loaded input of the manipulator arm and further configured to engage the surgical instrument.
A robotic surgical system for performing a procedure within a sterile field, the system comprising:
- a manipulator arm in a non-sterile field;
- a surgical instrument in the sterile field;
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- a sterile drape covering the manipulator arm to shield the manipulator arm from the sterile field, the sterile drape including a sterile adaptor for interfacing between the manipulator arm and the surgical instrument, wherein the manipulator arm includes an adaptor receiving portion that has spring loaded inputs for engaging the adaptor.
A method of coupling a surgical instrument to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, the method comprising:
- providing a sterile drape including:
- an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure;
- an interior surface forming a cavity for receiving a non-sterile portion of the robotic surgical system;
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- a sterile adaptor for interfacing between a manipulator arm in the non-sterile field and a surgical instrument in the sterile field;
- positioning the sterile drape over the manipulator arm;
- placing the adaptor over a receiving portion of the manipulator arm and engaging a disk of the adaptor with a spring loaded input of the receiving portion of the manipulator arm;
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- coupling the adaptor with the surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.