US 12,257,018 B2
Sterile drape assembly for surgical robot
Victor Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US); Oscar Williams, Foster City, CA (US); Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US); and Kathryn Aubrey, Parkland, FL (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/374,005.
Application 17/382,679 is a division of application No. 16/151,439, filed on Oct. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,096,754, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Application 18/374,005 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,679, filed on Jul. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,832,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,993, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016568 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (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)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot that includes a robotic arm with a plurality of links and a plurality of joints, the sterile drape assembly comprising:
a surgical drape adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm; and
a drape belt configured to be secured to the surgical drape, wherein the drape belt has at least one optical tracking element.