US 12,376,923 B2
Systems and methods for sterilization and storage of a sterilized teleoperated component
John Ryan Steger, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/283,648
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/056062
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/081429, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,571, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386493 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 34/35 (2016.02) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a reclosable storage container comprising an interior sterile environment; and
a sterile teleoperated component of a teleoperated surgical manipulator assembly in the interior sterile environment,
wherein the sterile teleoperated component is configured to receive a communication in the interior sterile environment, and wherein in response to the communication, the sterile teleoperated component is configured to:
teleoperably move in the interior sterile environment; or
initiate a self-test in the interior sterile environment to determine an operational status of the sterile teleoperated component.