US 12,472,026 B2
Mechanism for managing and retaining a surgical drape
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US); Jeffrey R. Roeder, Mountain View, CA (US); Jeffrey D. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US); Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Anthony K. McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/545,555.
Application 18/545,555 is a division of application No. 16/317,285, granted, now 11,883,123, previously published as PCT/US2017/038350, filed on Jun. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/362,194, filed on Jul. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189056 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterile drape assembly for a surgical system, comprising:
a sterile drape; and
a cinch assembly affixed to the sterile drape, the cinch assembly comprising at least two of:
a hinged cinch assembly comprising a pair of links connected by a hinge joint, wherein:
the hinge joint is a scored region of material between the pair of links,
each link of the pair of links is foldable relative to one another about the hinge joint between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration,
wherein a portion of the sterile drape is in an extended configuration in the unfolded configuration of the pair of links and is in a gathered configuration in the folded configuration of the pair of links, and
wherein, in the unfolded configuration, the pair of links define an elongate dimension and the scored region extends perpendicular to the elongate dimension;
an alignment and attachment assembly comprising a first attachment element and a second attachment element, wherein the first and second attachment elements are configured to align with and engage with respective first and second complementary attachment elements of equipment of a surgical system; or
an attachment assembly comprising another pair of links with a third attachment element mounted on one link of the another pair of links, wherein the third attachment element is configured to engage with a third complementary attachment element of equipment of a surgical system.