US 11,883,123 B2
Mechanism for managing and retaining a surgical drape
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US); Jeffrey R. Roeder, Mountain View, CA (US); Jeffrey D. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US); Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Anthony K. McGROGAN, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/317,285
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 20, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/038350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/013300, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/362,194, filed on Jul. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0298469 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical drape assembly comprising:
a surgical drape; and
a cinch assembly affixed to the surgical drape, the cinch assembly comprising a folding mechanism comprising a plurality of links and at least two hinge joints respectively connecting adjacent links of the plurality of links,
wherein the plurality of links are foldable relative to one another about the at least two hinge joints between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, and
wherein a portion of the surgical drape is in an extended configuration in the unfolded configuration of the plurality of links and is in a gathered configuration in the folded configuration of the plurality of links.