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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 46/10 (2015.12); A61B 34/30 (2015.12); A61B 50/30 (2015.12); A61B 17/00 (2005.12); A61B 17/34 (2005.12); A61B 34/35 (2015.12); A61B 50/00 (2015.12); A61B 90/40 (2015.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2012.12); A61B 17/3421 (2012.12); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 2050/0066 (2016.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.01);
Abstract
A surgical drape for providing a localized instrument sterility barrier includes: a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the tube defining an interior bore sized to receive an elongated shaft of a surgical instrument; and a port coupler at the distal end of the tube, the port coupler configured to couple the distal end of the tube to a surgical port through which the elongated shaft extends. The tube is collapsible to accommodate relative movement between the instrument and the surgical port during a surgical procedure.