| CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 46/00 (2016.02); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 46/40 (2016.02); A61B 2046/205 (2016.02)] | 29 Claims |
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1. A surgical drape for covering a surgical device having an extension, the extension comprising a robotic arm comprising a proximal portion seated in a non-extended portion of the surgical device, the surgical drape comprising:
a thin-walled flexible tube having proximal and distal tube-ends, wherein:
said proximal tube-end is open to define a proximal opening sized to allow passage therethrough of at least a lengthwise portion of the non-extended portion of the surgical device without stretching, and said distal tube-end is mostly-closed and includes a distal aperture smaller than the proximal opening,
wherein said distal aperture is larger than a width of the extension of the surgical device and sized to allow insertion therethrough of the extension without requiring contact therebetween, and is sized to prevent passage therethrough of the non-extended portion of the surgical device without stretching,
wherein said thin-walled flexible tube provides a straight-configuration where: (i) said thin-walled flexible tube is straight; (ii) a central axis of said thin-walled flexible tube is straight and passes through respective centers of said proximal and distal tube-ends; and (iii) said distal aperture is radially offset from said central axis of said thin-walled flexible tube, and
wherein said thin-walled flexible tube is axially foldable to form at least one valley fold surrounding said distal tube-end, wherein a fold line of each said at least one valley fold is defined between two axially disposed portions of said thin-walled flexible tube, said at least one valley fold sized and shaped for insertion of hands of a user into said at least one valley fold on two sides of said distal tube-end; and
at least one distal fastener positioned near said distal tube-end, and configured to close said aperture about the extension of the surgical device.
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