| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 128852000 | With surgical implement retaining means | 15 |
| 20130056011 | DRAPE - A pouch formed from sheet material that is commonly referred to as a drape. The pouch is formed by folding the drape, which has a tacky surface, on itself and placing fasteners through holes punched in the drape which ensures the pouch maintains is maintained. The pouch catches medical instruments that may slide off of the drape, preventing the medical instruments from failing to the floor and becoming contaminated. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061857 | SURGICAL RETAINING CLAMP AND METHODS OF USE - A clamp for securing a surgical instrument or tubing to surgical drapes is provided. The clamp may be attached to surgical drapes and include a retaining member for engaging the cable of a surgical instrument or tubing. The clamp secures the surgical instrument or tubing to the surgical drapes so as to prevent the surgical instrument or tubing from falling outside the sterile field while allowing for convenient repositioning of the surgical instrument when desired. The clamp may also include an attachment member to minimize the risk of tearing of the surgical drapes when the clamp is attached thereto. Additionally, the clamp may include a gripping member that allows the user to operate the clamp while using surgical gloves. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20110277776 | SURGICAL SYSTEM STERILE DRAPE - A sterile drape, a surgical system with the drape, and a draping method are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes a plurality of drape pockets, each of the drape pockets including an exterior surface to be adjacent a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure and an interior surface to be adjacent a non-sterile instrument manipulator coupled to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system. The drape further includes a plurality of flexible membranes at a distal face of each of the drape pockets for interfacing between outputs of an instrument manipulator and inputs of a respective surgical instrument, and a rotatable seal adapted to couple a proximal opening of each of the drape pockets to a rotatable element at a distal end of the manipulator arm. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110284012 | SURGICAL DRAPE KIT - A surgical drape kit for performing a surgical procedure includes a surgical drape having a fenestration site; a plurality of containers attached to the surgical drape; and a plurality of components used to perform a surgical procedure. The containers are attached to the surgical drape around a perimeter of the fenestration site. Each container includes at least one component. Disposition of the components inside the containers is determined by sequential steps of the surgical procedure. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20100170519 | STERILE INTERFACE APPARATUS - A robotic surgical system configured to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one variation, this robotic surgical system includes an instrument driver configured to steer an elongate instrument of an instrument assembly in one or more degrees of motion. A drape is disposed between the instrument driver and the instrument assembly. A drive interface apparatus is operatively coupled to the drape. The drape and drive interface apparatus may form a fluid barrier between the instrument driver and the instrument assembly. Drive interface apparatus may be disposed on a top surface of the instrument driver and on a bottom surface of the instrument assembly. The drive interface apparatus may transmit torque from the instrument driver to the instrument assembly. The input torque drives a pulley in the instrument assembly that operates one or more control wires to steer an elongate instrument of the instrument assembly for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20120298115 | Surgical Drape Configured for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Procedures - A medical drape includes a patient drape ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20100175701 | MODULAR INTERFACES AND DRIVE ACTUATION THROUGH BARRIER - The invention relates generally to robotically controlled systems, such as medical robotic systems. In one variation, a robotic catheter system is configured with a sterile barrier capable for transmitting a rotary force from a drive system on one side of the barrier to surgical tool on the other side of the sterile barrier for performing minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Modularized drive systems for robotics arc also disclosed herein. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100163057 | STERILE SURGICAL ADAPTOR - A sterile adaptor, a sterile drape with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system including the sterile drape with a drape interface are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument in the sterile field. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100275929 | STERILE RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING UNIT DRAPE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A STERILE SURFACE THEREWITH - A surgical radiological C-arm imaging unit drape configured to provide a sterile outer surface about an end portion of a C-arm imaging unit and method of providing a sterile surface about an end of a C-arm imaging unit is provided. The drape includes a flexible enclosure having an upper wall with a pair of sidewalls and a rear side extending downwardly from the upper wall. The upper wall and the side walls are extendible between expanded and collapsed positions. When in the expanded position, a pocket sized for receipt of the end portion of the imaging unit beneath the upper wall is formed. The upper wall has a sterile outer surface configured to face away from and overlie the end portion of the imaging unit to maintain sterility in a sterile zone above an operating table. When in the collapsed position, the sterile outer surface shielded from external contamination. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110174318 | SURGICAL DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE RECEPTACLES - A surgical device comprising a first receptacle having a first mouth and a second receptacle having a second mouth, wherein the first mouth is in open communication with the second mouth via a joint joining the first receptacle with the second receptacle, and wherein the first mouth and second mouth open in a common direction. The surgical device can be used to effectively collect fluid during surgery in a first receptacle while simultaneously and independently retaining equipment and other medical supplies, such as tubes, wires, and/or tools, in a second receptacle. A drape sheet for covering at least a portion of a patient, the drape sheet optionally having a fenestration therein, with the surgical device being attached to the drape sheet. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20100180901 | CONFORMABLE DRAPE SYSTEM - A conformable drape system is disclosed that at least partially envelops an extremity or other portion of the body, for use during surgery or for the treatment of injuries. The drape may include a drape fabric, a flexible diaphragm positioned near a boundary of the sterile field, an inlet for receiving therapeutic fluid, and an outlet for discharging the fluid. The outlet may connect to a suction source to induce a pressure gradient throughout the drape, from the inlet toward the outlet. The suction may be used to withdraw excess air from inside the drape and thereby conform the drape more closely to the surface of the body. The fabric of the drape may include one or more features to enhance or facilitate the flow and dispersal of the fluid. The drape may be used in conjunction with a holder or cradle for positioning the extremity or other portion of the body and a tourniquet for limiting circulation. A method of use is also disclosed. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100139669 | SURGICAL DRAPES WITH PATCHES TO PROVIDE PORTS - Surgical drapes having opposing first and second primary surfaces with fixably attachable patches to provide ports through which cables or tools can be inserted without compromising a sterile field. The patches may be earlier affixed to the surgical drape or the patch may be affixed in situ by a clinician to the drape prior to a surgical procedure. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110088702 | Surgical Drape with Control Mechanism - A disposable sterile surgical drape configured for establishing a sterile field around a surgical instrument such as a limb positioner includes a control mechanism associated with the drape in the sterile field that interfaces with, and controls, the surgical instrument. The control mechanism includes a switch and a communication interface that connects to the instrument and the location of the switch may be moved to a desired position within the sterile field. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120227751 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PLACEMENT TOOL FOR HOLDING TOOLS FOR ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES - A surgical instrument placement tool for holding tools for angiographic procedures in the fields of invasive radiology, vascular surgery and cardiology, comprising: a surgical drape arranged to cover a patient of average size from at least the groin down to the region of the feet of the patient when the patient is lying with spread legs, and to arrange for a placement surface; a pouch member, having a generally horizontal, upwardly exposed, bottom surface, which pouch member is attached to a foot end of the surgical drape to extend below the spread legs of the patient, preferably projecting horizontally beyond the feet of the lying average size patient, said pouch member having a vertical wall portion providing a double curvature bottom surface and an edge that provides for exposing a portion of said upwardly exposed bottom surface of the pouch member, and, preferably a plurality of tool holders attached to an upwardly exposed surface of the surgical drape and extending in a direction across a space between the spread legs of the patient. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20100326449 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE DRAPING SYSTEMS - A draping system for use in medical procedures includes a drape portion adapted to cover a surface, such as medical equipment or a patient, and serves as a barrier to fluid and debris during medical procedures. The draping system may have a fastening portion affixed to the drape portion and adapted to secure the drape portion to medical equipment. The drape portion may form a pocket for collecting debris resulting from a medical procedure. The drape portion may have an opening therein spanned by a non-porous, elastic membrane. | 12-30-2010 |
