US 11,700,993 B2
Electronic assemblies including a conformal moisture barrier
Majeed A. Foad, Sunnyvale, CA (US); John A Barton, Mountain View, CA (US); and Jonathan D. Halderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/12,836.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,764, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068631 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/28 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00137 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00142 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); H05K 3/282 (2013.01); H05K 3/284 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); C23C 16/45555 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic assembly comprising:
a printed circuit board (“PCB”);
an electrical component attached to a surface of the PCB and included in an electrical circuit configured to process data based on signals received from a surgical component configured to be positioned within a surgical area associated with a patient; and
a conformal barrier disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the PCB and on an outer surface of the electrical component, the conformal barrier comprising:
a first barrier layer comprising an atomic layer deposited (“ALD”) film, and
a second barrier layer comprising Parylene.