Patent ID: 9707377
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of treating a patient using a remotely controlled tele-robotic device comprising a handle controller, a sled member coupled to the handle controller, and a sled base configured to advance the sled member, the method comprising: inserting a handle portion of a catheter into the handle controller; inserting a distal portion of the catheter into a resealable delivery channel of a sterile barrier to the sled base, wherein the resealable delivery channel comprises a longitudinally-extending recess having a slotted opening on top along the length of a longitudinally-extending recess and a pair of resealable lips extending toward one another and parallel to the longitudinally-extending recess along opposed sides of the longitudinally-extending recess, wherein inserting the distal portion of the catheter into the resealable delivery channel of the sterile barrier to the sled base comprises pressing the catheter between the pair of resealable lips from above, through the slotted opening on top and into the longitudinally-extending recess; engaging a distal tip of the catheter with a sterile introducer disposed at a distal end of the sled base and engaged with the patient's body; positioning the catheter into the patient's body by remotely sending commands to the remotely controlled tele-robotic device to cause the sled member to advance toward the patient's body; and performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the patient using the catheter.