US 12,440,299 B2
System and method for drape volume control
Nir Ofer, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); and Ori Ben Zeev, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Mazor Robotics Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,491.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,197, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369378 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2034/101 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a volume of a drape comprising:
a drape configured to at least partially cover an articulated member;
at least one sensor operable to monitor a characteristic of the system, wherein the characteristic includes an operating pressure within a volume enclosed by the drape; and
a controller configured to cause a pressure source to change the volume enclosed by the drape by altering the operating pressure in connection with movement of the articulated member such that the volume enclosed by the drape increases to a first volume prior to a planned movement of the articulated member and the volume enclosed by the drape decreases from the first volume to a second volume after the planned movement of the articulated member,
wherein the drape increasingly conforms to the articulated member as the volume enclosed by the drape is decreased.