Sterile surgical adaptor
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Orban, III, S. Christopher Anderson, Roman Devengenzo, Bruce M. Schena, Michael Prindiville, Thomas G. Cooper, William A. 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.
Claims19
A sterile drape to cover a non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, the sterile drape comprising:
- a flexible exterior surface adapted to be positioned adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure;
- a flexible interior surface fanning a cavity adapted to receive a non-sterile manipulator arm of the robotic surgical system, the manipulator arm including a spring loaded input;
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- a sterile adaptor including:
- a housing;
- a retractor plate assembly having a top retractor plate and a bottom retractor plate, the retractor plate assembly movably disposed relative to the housing;
- and
- a disc captured by the top retractor plate and the bottom retractor plate, the disc having a first rotatable surface adapted to engage the spring loaded input of the manipulator arm and a second rotatable surface adapted to engage a surgical instrument in the sterile field.
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 over the manipulator arm, the sterile drape including a sterile adaptor having:
- a housing;
- a retractor plate assembly having a top retractor plate and a bottom retractor plate, the retractor plate assembly movably disposed relative to the housing;
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- a disc captured by the top retractor plate and the bottom retractor plate, the disc having a first rotatable surface adapted to engage the spring loaded input of the manipulator arm and a second rotatable surface adapted to engage an input of the surgical instrument.
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 manipulator arm of the robotic surgical system, the manipulator arm including a spring loaded input;
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- a sterile adaptor for interfacing between the manipulator arm in the non-sterile field and a surgical instrument in the sterile field, the sterile adaptor including:
- a housing;
- a retractor plate assembly having a top retractor plate and a bottom retractor plate, the retractor plate assembly movably disposed relative to the housing;
- and a disc captured by the top retractor plate and the bottom retractor plate;
- positioning the sterile drape over the manipulator arm;
- engaging a first rotatable surface of the disc of the sterile adaptor with the spring loaded input of the manipulator arm;
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- engaging a second rotatable surface of the disc of the sterile adaptor with the surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.