US 12,376,931 B2
Assembly for positioning a sterile surgical drape relative to optical position sensors
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US); José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US); Helmut Rohs, Freiburg (DE); and Norbert Riedlinger, Riegel Am Kaiserstuhl (DE)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,951.
Application 17/363,951 is a division of application No. 15/630,651, filed on Jun. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,071,603.
Application 15/630,651 is a division of application No. 14/212,871, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,713,498, issued on Jul. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/788,752, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322124 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 50/00 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera and drape assembly for use with one or more tracking elements of a surgical system, the assembly comprising:
a camera unit including a casing and a plurality of optical sensors supported by the casing for detecting the one or more tracking elements, the casing including a base surface and a post extending from the base surface of the casing, wherein the post supports the plurality of optical sensors;
a drape having a flexible section being configured for draping over the post of the casing to cover the casing and the optical sensors; and
a rigid collar configured to fit over the post to trap the flexible section of the drape between the rigid collar and the post.