US 12,262,880 B2
Sterile interface for articulated surgical instruments
Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Distalmotion SA, Epalinges (CH)
Filed by Distalmotion SA, Epalinges (CH)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,376.
Application 17/351,118 is a division of application No. 15/536,573, granted, now 11,039,820, issued on Jun. 22, 2021, previously published as PCT/IB2015/002487, filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Application 18/151,376 is a continuation of application No. 17/351,118, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,571,195.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/094,079, filed on Dec. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149002 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); B25J 19/0075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02)] 30 Claims
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1. A method for maintaining sterility of surgical instruments during a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
locking a rigid connector to a surgical platform;
locking the rigid connector to a proximal hub of an articulated surgical instrument such that the proximal hub and a shaft of the articulated surgical instrument are concentric with the rigid connector;
covering moving links of the surgical platform with a flexible sleeve coupled to the rigid connector; and
moving an end-effector of the articulated surgical instrument responsive to movement at the surgical platform to perform the surgical procedure while maintaining sterility of the articulated surgical instrument during the surgical procedure.