Patent ID: 11925430
Assignee: CANON U.S.A., INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A sterile drape comprising:
a flexible body section having a non-sterile inner surface, a sterile outer surface, a proximal end, and a distal end;
a barrier section made of rigid or semirigid material and having an opening configured to receive therethrough a connecting portion of a sterile component; and
one or more tabs configured to be tied, affixed, attached, or otherwise secured to a surface of a non-sterile component,
wherein each of the one or more tabs is attached to the distal end of the flexible body section, and the barrier section is attached to the proximal end of the flexible body section,
wherein the sterile drape is configured to be preloaded onto the sterile component, by engaging the opening of the barrier section with a connecting portion of the sterile component in a state where the flexible body section is folded or pleated, and causing the barrier section to move with respect to the connecting portion of the sterile component; and
wherein the flexible body section is deployed over the non-sterile component by unfolding the flexible body section, to thereby at least partially enclose the non-sterile component with the unfolded flexible body section.