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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Medical Microinstruments, Inc., Pisa, IT;
Massimiliano Simi, Pisa, IT;
Federico Montagnani, Pisa, IT;
Medical Microinstruments, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A sterile master input handle assembly includes a non-sterile manipulandum; a sterile surgical drape draping the non-sterile manipulandum; and at least one sterile accessory, suitable to form a sterile interface of the sterile master input handle assembly for the surgeon's fingers. The at least one sterile accessory mechanically engages with the non-sterile manipulandum across the sterile surgical drape, the at least one sterile accessory covers at least one portion of the outer surface of the surgical drape, and the at least one sterile accessory includes at least one surface forming the sterile interface for the surgeon's fingers to manipulate the non-sterile manipulandum across the sterile surgical drape.