US 11,986,265 B2
Supply line for a robotic arm instrument
Andrew Murray Scholan, Waltham Cross (GB)
Assigned to CMR Surgical Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Filed by CMR Surgical Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/201,241.
Application 17/201,241 is a division of application No. 15/558,132, abandoned, previously published as PCT/GB2016/050702, filed on Mar. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1504486 (GB), filed on Mar. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196421 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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12. A drape comprising:
an interior sheet and an exterior sheet,
wherein:
the interior sheet is configured to define a first cavity to envelop a portion of a robotic arm;
the exterior sheet is configured to define a second cavity which includes and extends beyond the first cavity;
the interior sheet interfaces with the first cavity; and
the exterior sheet defines a port and interfaces with an environment external to the second cavity; and
the interior and exterior sheets define a conduit between the interior sheet and an innermost portion of the exterior sheet, the interior sheet separating the conduit from the first cavity; and
a supply line located in the conduit, the supply line comprising a conductive core surrounded by the conduit, wherein the conduit directly contacts the conductive core and the interior sheet is located between the first cavity and the supply line, the supply line configured to extend through the port from the conduit to the environment external to the second cavity.