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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2017
Cmr Surgical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Keith Marshall, Cambridge, GB;
Nikki Priyam Su-Ling Phoolchund, Cambridge, GB;
Thomas Bates Jackson, Cambridge, GB;
CMR SURGICAL LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A surgical drape for covering at least a portion of a surgical robot arm, the arm comprising at least one drive assembly interface element for transferring drive between the arm and an instrument engageable with the arm, the drape comprising an interface portion locatable between the arm and the instrument when the instrument is engaged with the arm; and a bulk portion encompassing the interface portion; the interface portion and the bulk portion being adjacent one another, the interface portion comprising one or more of a material or configuration having a lower modulus than that of the bulk portion in at least one direction, and a movable portion, the movable portion being movable relative to the bulk portion, so as to permit repeatable movement of a portion of the interface portion relative to the bulk portion.