US 11,832,913 B2
Sterile drape assembly for surgical robot
Victor Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US); Oscar Williams, Burlingame, CA (US); Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US); and Kathryn Aubrey, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,679.
Application 17/382,679 is a division of application No. 16/151,439, filed on Oct. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,096,754.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,993, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346110 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
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1. A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot having a robotic arm including a plurality of links and a plurality of motorized joints for moving the plurality of links, and at least one optical tracking element being located on one or more links of the plurality of links of the robotic arm, the sterile drape assembly comprising:
a surgical drape having an arm drape portion adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm and the one or more links of the robotic arm; and
a drape belt separable from the arm drape portion and configured to attach to the at least one optical tracking element to facilitate covering of the at least one optical tracking element located on the one or more links of the robotic arm, wherein the drape belt comprises a body that is elongated and substantially planar, and wherein at least one attachment feature is coupled to the body to enable the drape belt to attach to the at least one optical tracking element.