657results about "Surgical drapes" patented technology

The subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving user input that selects an arrangement of surgical instrument trays for use during a surgical procedure. A display device presents a graphical representation of the selected arrangement of surgical instrument trays. A computing system receives image data depicting multiple actual surgical instrument trays; and analyzes the image data to determine an extent to which the multiple actual surgical instrument trays and actual surgical instruments located on the trays match the selected arrangement of surgical instrument trays. The display device presents a graphical indication of the extent to which the multiple actual surgical instrument trays match the selected arrangement of surgical instrument trays.

Surgical robotic systems and navigation systems employ a robotic arm including a plurality of links. A link tracker assembly is located on the surface of one or more of the links to enable the link to be tracked by a localizer. The link tracker assemblies can utilize a plurality of tracker elements that can be removably coupled to the link. A photosensor assembly is located on the surface of one or more of the links to receive signals from the localizer for controlling the link tracker assembly. The robotic arm can be coupled to a base and the systems can be used in collaboration with a base tracker that is coupled to the base. The robotic arm can also include a mounting interface for receiving an end effector and the systems can be used in collaboration with an end effector tracker that is coupled to the end effector.

The invention relates to the technical field of preparation of medical supplies, in particular to a surgical membrane and a preparation process. During specific use, firstly, a polyurethane base membrane is selected and subjected to plasma treatment; spraying a nano SiO2 dispersion liquid containing a photoinitiator on the surface of the treated polyurethane base film, and then performing ultraviolet patterning irradiation to form a micro-bulge structure to obtain a base material layer; projecting the colloidal fluid to a temperature gradient mask through a digital micromirror device, so that the colloidal fluid is subjected to regional thermal polymerization on the substrate layer to form an intelligent adhesive layer with viscosity gradient; by adopting an aerosol jet printing technology, super absorbent fibers and polyvinyl alcohol-borax dynamic crosslinking hydrogel are co-deposited to form a drainage layer, so that the technical problems that a surgical membrane prepared by a surgical membrane preparation mode in the prior art is inflexible in adhesion and poor in surface structure performance, and a preparation process is difficult to accurately control are solved.

Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with surgical procedures, including laparoscopic surgery. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

A control system for a surgical instrument. The control system includes an RFID scanner and a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner. The control circuit is configured to receive data from RFID tags associated with devices and / or users, determine a type of the surgical instrument being utilized or surgical procedure being performed according to the received data, and determine an operational setting for the surgical instrument or another device within the surgical system, which may be tailored according to the particular user identity scanned by the RFID scanner.

Apparatus and methods are described for performing a procedure using a robotic unit. A sterile drape is placed around a drape plate, such that the sterile drape is sealed with respect to the drape plate and forms an interface between a non-sterile zone and a sterile zone, a tool mount being disposed within the sterile zone, and one or more robotic arms and a linear tool motor being disposed within the non-sterile zone. A tool-actuation arm, disposed within the non-sterile zone, is driven to move linearly to thereby move at least the portion of the tool linearly with respect to the end effector. A portion of the sterile drape that is configured to be disposed at an interface between the tool-actuation arm and the portion of the tool that is pushed has greater rigidity and / or wearability than other portions of the drape. Other applications are also described.

The invention discloses a film water collection negative pressure system for an antibacterial operation. The film water collection negative pressure system comprises a water collection main body, a waterproof film and a negative pressure drainage tube. The shape of the water collecting main body is configured to surround a water collecting area on the outer side of a surgical incision on the body surface of a patient, and microporous structures facing the stoma of the human body are distributed on the water collecting main body; the water collecting main body and the water collecting area are covered with the waterproof thin film, the waterproof thin film is provided with a surgical operation opening corresponding to the stoma of the human body in position, and the waterproof thin film is further provided with a liquid passing hole facing the micropore structure; the head end of a tube body of the negative pressure drainage tube is connected with the micropore structure in an attached mode. And the tail end of the tube body of the negative pressure drainage tube is communicated and connected with a negative pressure source. Sterile normal saline for lavage incision can be prevented from flowing to an operating table, a bed sheet and the ground along the body of a patient, the sterile environment of an operation area is guaranteed, the risks of low body temperature, postoperative infection and the like in the operation of the patient are reduced, and the experience of the patient in the perioperative period is improved.

A barrier fabric is provided, in which the barrier fabric includes at least a first nonwoven layer comprising a plurality of first fibers defined by a first polymeric composition. The first polymeric composition includes (i) a first polymer component, and (ii) a first additive component comprising at least one non-fluorinated low-surface tension (NFLST) additives dispersed throughout the first polymeric composition.

Described herein are sample collectors configured for use with robotic medical systems. A robotic medical system can include a medical instrument that can be inserted into a patient to capture a sample. A robotic manipulator can be engaged with the medical instrument and configured to operate the medical instrument; a sterile barrier can be used to separate a sterile field containing the medical instrument from a non-sterile field containing the robotic manipulator; a sample collector can include a receiver portion positioned in the sterile field and configured to receive the sample when a distal end of the medical instrument is retracted from the patient; and a connector coupled to the receiver portion and configured to attach to the robotic medical system. The robotic system can place the sample in the receiver portion.

A bearing structure includes a fixing member attached with respect to an arm of a surgical robot in a state in which a holder that is provided at a distal end of the arm is inserted inside the fixing member, a first drape that covers the arm being attachable to the fixing member, and a rotating member attached with respect to the fixing member in a slidably rotatable manner in a state in which the holder is inserted inside the rotating member, a second drape that covers the holder being attachable to the rotating member. The rotating member is rotatable together with the holder.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

A transparent intubation barrier in the form of a box is provided which substantially reduces aerosol exposure and the transmission of disease between patient and healthcare provider.

A medical instrument includes a backend and a pair of release elements. The backend includes a docking feature shaped to engage a docking structure such as a docking port of a surgical robot or a sterile adaptor for a surgical robot. Each release element is coupled to the backend and may include an activation feature on one side of the backend and a push tab extending from either an opposite side or the same side of the backend. Movement of the activation features moves the push tabs from being aligned with the docking feature to pushing on the docking structure, permitting the medical instrument to be disengaged from the docking structure. Optionally, a coupling of the release elements limits a movement of the activation features.

To provide a robotic surgery system, a method and an apparatus.SOLUTION: The present teachings relate to surgery. More specifically, the present teachings relate to an apparatus and a method for providing minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery. A surgical system may be configured to be a minimally invasive and / or computer assisted surgical system. Operation of the system may be controlled by transmission of a force from a first section to a second section of the system. The first section and the second section may be separated by a partition or a barrier. The first section may be a non-sterile section, and the second section may be a sterile section of the surgical system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The invention relates to the technical field of medical protection materials, and discloses an anti-allergy skin-friendly operating kit and a preparation technology, and the composite material of the operating kit comprises the following components by mass: 40-70 parts of cellulose-based non-woven fabric; 1 to 10 parts of polymethacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine which is covalently grafted to the cellulose-based non-woven fabric; 20 to 50 parts of polylactic acid-quaternary ammonium salt copolymer; 5 to 15 parts of a polyurethane hot melt adhesive; the method comprises the following steps: grafting a PMPC molecular brush on the surface of a cellulose-based non-woven fabric to obtain a skin-friendly layer; carrying out coaxial electrostatic spinning and solvent treatment on the polylactic acid-quaternary ammonium salt copolymer to prepare a hollow nanofiber barrier layer; and finally hot-pressing and compounding the two layers through a polyurethane hot-melt adhesive. According to the invention, allergy is solved through surface grafting; the toxicity is avoided by using an intrinsic antibacterial polymer; the hollow fibers and the net film are compounded, so that the contradiction between water resistance and breathability is overcome, and the biological safety and comfort of the material are improved.

An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids.

A hub assembly for a robotically driven interventional device can include an interventional device hub having an interventional device and at least one magnet. The hub assembly can be configured to be positioned on a sterile side of a sterile field barrier and magnetically couple to a hub adapter on a non-sterile side of the sterile field barrier so that hub assembly moves axially in response to axial movement of the hub adapter and the at least one magnet of the hub assembly rotates in response to rotation of at least one magnet of the hub adapter.

Disclosed herein is a stabilization system that includes a base for securing the stabilization system to a patient table by inserting the base between the patient table and a mattress on the patient table. The stabilization system also includes a connector that connects a lockable articulating arm to the base. The base protrudes slightly from under the mattress to provide a robust and predictable surface for attaching the articulating arm of the stabilization system. The base can then be used to support a lockable articulating arm that has a clamp at its distal end for holding an access sheath or delivery system. The connector attaches the articulating arm to the base such that the articulating arm is above a sterile surgical drape to maintain sterility of the articulating arm. The stabilization system is advantageous in cervical access procedures.

The application discloses a surface treatment process of an antistatic and low-fuzz surgical drape, and relates to the field of layered products.The treatment process comprises the following steps: S1, using a dielectric barrier discharge plasma to treat the surgical drape; S2, using a padding method or a spraying method to apply an antistatic agent solution; S3, uniformly spraying an end-capping agent solution on the surface of the drape treated in the step S2; and S4, steam sterilization, and obtaining the antistatic and low-fuzz surgical drape after cooling.The low-melting-point polymer is compounded with the water-soluble end-capping agent, and combined with high-pressure steam sterilization, so that the polymer can migrate to the end along the capillary effect of the fiber surface after contacting the surface of the drape, and the auxiliary film-forming agent can be instantaneously swelled when meeting water vapor, the polymer can be guided to wrap the fiber end breaking point, and the polymer can be solidified to form a microspherical mechanical lock after cooling.The physical wrapping mechanism of the application can more completely control the falling of the fuzz, so that the risk of foreign body reaction or infection of a surgical incision caused by the falling of the fuzz can be further reduced.

An endoscopic instrument comprises a handle, an imaging probe extending distally from the handle and a tubular drape for surrounding the handle. Where the handle is non-sterile, the drape, the probe and the seal together form a sterile barrier around the handle. The drape comprises a drape ring that surrounds the handle and a seal acts between the drape ring and the probe. The probe can be turned about a longitudinal axis relative to the drape. The probe is attached to and can be turned with an inner part of the handle with respect to an outer sleeve of the handle. A sleeve angle sensor senses an angle of rotation or pivoting of the inner part relative to the outer sleeve, whereby a processor responsive to the sleeve angle sensor can counter-rotate a displayed image in accordance with the sensed angle.

Systems and methods for preventing leaks from an endoscope end of a tube set during equipment changes between endoscopic procedures. An illustrative system may comprise a storage case and a cap. The storage case may comprise a base including a plurality of wells, an insert disposed in each well of the plurality of wells, and a lid configured to cover the base. The cap may have a housing extending from a first open end to a second closed end and defining a cavity between the first open end and the second closed end and may be configured to be removably disposed within a well of the plurality of wells.

Steering gear (10) for a surgical instrument (52), wherein the steering gear (10) has a gear housing (12) and an interface (14) for coupling with a surgical instrument (52), wherein the interface (14) is designed such that the surgical instrument (52) can be coupled to the steering gear (10) in a direction (S) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L) of the steering gear (10), the interface (14) includes: a housing area (16) of the gearbox housing (12) which is designed for coupling with a housing (54) of the surgical instrument (52), and a steering clamp (18) for actuating a steering device (54) of the surgical instrument (52), wherein the steering clamp (18) can be coupled to a swashplate (60) of the steering device (54) of the surgical instrument (52) via the interface (14).

An apparatus including: one or more instrument ports configured to hold respectively one or more laparoscopic instruments during surgery, wherein a top opening of each instrument port includes a downward groove configured to receive and hold a handle of a laparoscopic hand instrument resting in the port such that the handle is oriented towards a surgeon during use.

A device for use during a medical procedure on or near the penis includes a body having an opening of a minimum size that allows an infant's penis to protrude through the opening during use during the medical procedure, wherein the device is placed over a patient's penis with the penis protruding through the opening and the body is adjacent to the patient's skin during the procedure to provide protection during the medical procedure.

SA surgical room power system including at least one source of power wired to a power source for a surgical room, the at least one source of power being wired to the surgical room; at least one power receiver; and a surgical power consumer wired to the at least one power receiver, the surgical power consumer being configured to assist a surgeon during a surgical procedure on a patient. The at least one source of power wirelessly transfers power to the at least one power receiver for powering the surgical power consumer.

In some embodiments, a system for a surgical procedure is provided. The system can include a sterile cover comprising a housing and a lid. The system can include a surgical navigation device comprising at least one inertial sensor and a display. In some embodiments, the surgical navigation device is configured to be inserted into the housing of the sterile cover. In some embodiments, the lid is configured to close to provide a sterile barrier separating the surgical navigation device from the sterile field. In some embodiments, positional and rotation fixation is applied to the surgical navigation device for accuracy of the at least one inertial sensor. In some embodiments, a method for a surgical procedure is provided.

Proposed is an incise drape including a base layer, and an adhesive layer formed on the base layer and containing acid-treated chitosan, povidone-iodine, and acrylate copolymer, wherein the adhesive layer contains less than 1 part by weight of povidone-iodine, and acid-treated chitosan in an amount of 1.5 to 5 parts by weight relative to povidone-iodine.