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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Kevin Zhang, Medford, MA (US);
Norbert Johnson, North Andover, MA (US);
Mir Hussain, Downingtown, PA (US);
James Cascarano, Cambridge, MA (US);
Justin Larson, Reading, MA (US);
James Yau, Methuen, MA (US);
Robert Leboeuf, Ii, Salem, NH (US);
Michael Norcia, North Andover, MA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
A drape covers robotic equipment in a medical environment to maintain sterility. The robotic equipment has an arm with an end surface which attaches to a tool, such as an active end effector. The drape has an extended drape portion that covers the arm, and a shaped drape portion that covers the end of the arm where the arm is clamped to the tool. The drape is clamped inside the clamp, and where the clamping occurs, the drape has a band of material that is reinforced by being thickened or by including a different material. The shape of the band corresponds to the portion of the arm that is clamped by the clamp.