Patent ID: 8910637
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying a sterile surgical drape to protect a robotic surgical system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a flexible plastic sheet comprising an oblong main panel surmounted by two flaps, each flap forming an internal pocket accessible through a flap opening, wherein the flaps are disposed on either side of a central cut-out; sliding the two flaps, one overlapping the other, over a top of a central tower of a surgical robotic cart, having one or more robotic manipulator arms, which extend from one or two side(s) of the central tower, and a robotic central camera arm, which extends from a front of the central tower, such that the central camera arm of the cart extends through the central cut-out of the drape, and such that the manipulator arms extend around the main panel of the drape, and such that the main panel of the drape covers the front of the central tower.