Surgical Robot Sterile Drape With Peelable Mount Cover Film
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sterile drapes for surgical robots expose non-sterilized parts of the robot arm through mount covers, risking contamination of clean areas and objects during attachment.
Innovation Solution
A sterile drape design with a mount cover featuring through holes covered by a peelable protective film, ensuring the non-sterilized robot arm sections remain concealed during attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mount cover with through holes is used to attach the sterile drape to the robot arm, then the drape can be securely fixed and the mount section can be accessed for instrument attachment, but non-sterilized parts of the robot arm are exposed through the holes risking contamination of clean areas
Solution Approach 1:
A protective film is pre-attached to the mount cover to cover the through holes before the sterile drape is attached to the robot arm. This preliminary protective action prevents exposure of non-sterilized robot arm parts during the attachment process, eliminating the contamination risk while maintaining secure drape fixation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the protective film is attached to cover the through holes, then contamination is prevented, but the mount section accessibility may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The protective film acts as an intermediary layer between the through holes and the external environment. It allows the mount section to remain accessible for instrument attachment through the covered holes while simultaneously preventing contamination by blocking direct exposure to non-sterilized robot arm parts.
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AI summary
A sterile drape for covering a robot arm of a surgical robot according to an embodiment may include: a bag-shaped drape body formed with an opening at an end portion on one side of the drape body; and a mount cover provided at the other side of the drape body and configured to cover a mount section of the robot arm to which a surgical instrument is to be mounted via an adaptor. The mount cover includes one or more through holes. A protective film that is configured to be peelable from the mount cover is attached to the mount cover so as to cover the one or more through holes.