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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Joseph P. Orban, Iii, Norwalk, CT (US);
Lisa W. Heaton, Huntington, CT (US);
S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joseph P. Orban, III, Norwalk, CT (US);
Lisa W. Heaton, Huntington, CT (US);
S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A sterile drape, system, and method for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure, and an interior surface forming a cavity for receiving the non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, such as a manipulator. The drape further includes an integral cuff including a permanently turned-up fold of the exterior and interior surfaces at an open end of the cavity and a marker on the permanently turned-up fold designating a sterile side and a non-sterile side of the drape.