Surgical drape system
AssigneeSurgical Concept Designs, LLC
InventorsChristopher P. Scott, Anthony J. La Rosa
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Abstract
A surgical drape with a functional interface for engaging surgical instruments, including a flexible, tube-like sleeve for creating a sterile barrier around a non-sterile holding arm. The drape is open at a proximal end, and has a hub at a distal end for connection to a distal end of the holding arm. The hub has sterile external surfaces that allow surgical instruments to be easily removably attached in a variety of directions and orientations, providing sufficient mechanical strength to transmit forces from the instruments to the holding arm. The hub includes an externally accessible, sterile actuator for actuating an electronic circuit local to the holding arm on the non-sterile side of the barrier.
Claims15
A surgical drape for use with a surgical instrument having a surgical instrument connector, and with a support having a support connector and a support switch to be actuated, comprising:
- a generally tubular sterile curtain having a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end;
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- a headpiece forming a switch actuator, wherein the sterile curtain second opening is sealed around a periphery of the headpiece to form a sterile barrier between a headpiece external portion outside the sterile barrier and a headpiece internal portion inside the sterile barrier;
- wherein the headpiece internal portion defines a first headpiece connector configured to mate with the support connector within the sterile barrier;
- wherein the headpiece external portion defines a second headpiece connector configured to mate with the surgical instrument connector outside the sterile barrier;
- wherein the headpiece switch actuator is configured for actuation from the headpiece external portion;
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- wherein, with the headpiece mated to the support connector, the headpiece switch actuator is in actuation communication with the support switch inside the sterile barrier.
A surgical drape for use with a surgical instrument having a surgical instrument connector, and with a support having a support connector, comprising:
- a generally tubular sterile curtain having a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end;
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- a headpiece, wherein the sterile curtain second opening is sealed around a periphery of the headpiece to form a sterile barrier between a headpiece external portion outside the sterile curtain and a headpiece internal portion inside the sterile curtain;
- wherein the headpiece internal portion defines a first headpiece connector configured to mate with the support connector within the sterile barrier;
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- wherein the headpiece external portion defines a second headpiece connector configured to mate with the surgical instrument connector outside the sterile barrier in a plurality of different respective positions, each position being characterized by a unique combination of a respective surgical instrument direction and a respective surgical instrument orientation.
A surgical drape for use with a surgical instrument having a surgical instrument connector, and with a support having a support connector, comprising:
- a generally tubular sterile curtain having a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end;
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- a headpiece, wherein the sterile curtain second opening is sealed around a periphery of the headpiece to form a sterile barrier between a headpiece external portion outside the sterile curtain and a headpiece internal portion inside the sterile curtain;
- wherein the headpiece internal portion defines a first headpiece connector configured to mate with the support connector within the sterile barrier;
- wherein the headpiece external portion defines a second headpiece connector configured to mate with the surgical instrument connector outside the sterile barrier;
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- wherein the mated surgical instrument connector and second headpiece connector are mated using a manually actuatable quick-connect lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.