US 12,433,708 B2
Barrier drape adapters for robotic surgical systems
Jaesun Lee, Seongnam (KR); Jeihan Lee, Houston, TX (US); and Dongsuk Shin, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to EndoQuest Robotics, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by EndoQuest Robotics, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,761.
Application 18/198,761 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/051262, filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,289, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363847 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 46/23 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller adapter system for a robotic surgical instrument controller assembly, comprising:
an instrument controller having a housing and one or more controller actuators, wherein the housing is configured to receive a drape having an unobstructed aperture defined therein, the aperture configured to be received about a periphery of the housing, the housing passing through the unobstructed aperture; and
a drape adapter having an inner drape adapter portion and an outer drape adapter portion,
the inner drape adapter portion configured to mount to the instrument controller and extend distally from the instrument controller, wherein the inner drape adapter portion includes one or more adapter actuators configured to receive actuation from the one or more controller actuators at a proximal side thereof, and to transmit the actuation to a distal side thereof; and
the outer drape adapter portion configured to circumferentially engage and axially retain the inner drape adapter portion to the instrument controller, and to axially retain the drape to the housing of the instrument controller,
wherein the instrument controller includes a unitary center post extending therefrom, and wherein the unitary center post, inner drape adapter portion and outer drape adapter portion are configured to engage in a nested configuration along a common axial extent.