Disposable sterile surgical adaptor
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorJoseph P. Orban, III
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Abstract
A sterile adaptor, a sterile drape with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system including the sterile drape are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow 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 between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument in the sterile field.
Claims15
A sterile adaptor, comprising:
- a housing;
- a retractor plate assembly coupled to the housing;
- a disc movably coupled to the retractor plate assembly, a first side of the disc couplable to a surgical instrument, and a second side of the disc couplable to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, the disc capable of transmitting torque from the manipulator arm to the surgical instrument;
- an electrical contact that provides electrical connectivity between the manipulator arm and the surgical instrument, wherein the electrical contact includes a break that delays electrical engagement of the instrument with the adaptor;
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- an integrated circuit operably coupled to the electrical contact, the integrated circuit providing an encrypted key for authentication of the adaptor.
A sterile drape to cover a non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, the sterile drape comprising:
- an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure;
- an interior surface adjacent to the non-sterile portion of the robotic surgical system;
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- a sterile adaptor for interfacing between a non-sterile manipulator arm of the robotic surgical system and a surgical instrument in the sterile field, the sterile adaptor including:
- a housing for receiving the sterile surgical instrument;
- a retractor plate assembly movably coupled to the housing;
- a disc movably coupled to the retractor plate assembly, a first side of the disc couplable to the sterile surgical instrument and a second side of the disc couplable to the manipulator arm, the disc capable of transmitting torque from the manipulator arm to the surgical instrument;
- an electrical contact that provides electrical connectivity between the manipulator arm and the surgical instrument, wherein the electrical contact includes a break that delays electrical engagement of the instrument with the adaptor;
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- an integrated circuit operably coupled to the electrical contact, the integrated circuit providing an encrypted key for authentication of the drape.
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 having a sterile adaptor including:
- a housing for receiving the sterile surgical instrument;
- a retractor plate assembly movably coupled to the housing;
- a disc movably coupled to the retractor plate assembly, a first side of the disc couplable to the sterile surgical instrument and a second side of the disc couplable to the manipulator arm, the disc capable of transmitting torque from the manipulator arm to the surgical instrument;
- an electrical contact that provides electrical connectivity between the manipulator arm and the surgical instrument, wherein the electrical contact includes a break that delays electrical engagement of the instrument with the adaptor;
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- an integrated circuit operably coupled to the electrical contact, the integrated circuit providing an encrypted key for authentication of the drape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.