Patent ID: 11883123
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. The surgical drape assembly of claim 10,
wherein the plurality of links is a first plurality of links and wherein the portion of the drape is a first portion of the drape, and
wherein the second folding mechanism comprises a second plurality of links and at least one additional hinge joint connecting adjacent links of the second plurality of links,
wherein the second plurality of links are foldable relative to one another about the at least one additional hinge joint between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, and
wherein a second portion of the surgical drape is in an extended configuration in the unfolded configuration of the second plurality of links and is in a gathered configuration in the folded configuration of the second plurality of links.