Patent ID: 8844538
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical drape, the surgical drape structured to accommodate a reference element for a navigation system, the surgical drape comprising: a planar, flexible covering element having an area for accommodating the reference element, the reference element thereby protruding from a plane of said covering element; at least two deformable, elongated bar elements which are at least partially connected to said covering element, each of said bar elements having two bar ends, wherein said area for accommodating the reference element is disposed between said bar elements; and at least one elongated shortening element, said elongated shortening element structured to be fixed to said covering element and to interact with at least one of said bar elements, thereby reducing and/or fixing a distance between two bar ends in said plane of said covering element, said area for accommodating the reference element thereby being lifted out of said plane of said covering element.