Surgical Drape with Longitudinal Separation for Navigation Readability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current draping methods in orthopedic surgery are time-consuming, complicated, and fail to maintain sterility, especially when using 3D radiographic devices with navigation technology, leading to potential contamination and inaccuracies in surgical procedures.
Innovation Solution
A one-piece customized disposable surgical drape that provides sterile longitudinal separation, under-table wrapping, and navigation readability through clear plastic or optical lenses, allowing for efficient setup and maintenance of sterility while accommodating various anatomical positions and surgical equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate drapes are used to cover the patient and equipment, then sterile coverage can be provided, but the draping process becomes time-consuming and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate draping functions into a single integrated drape that simultaneously covers the patient, equipment, and provides longitudinal separation. This unified drape design eliminates the need to apply multiple separate drapes, thereby reducing draping time while maintaining comprehensive sterile coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The surgical drape is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides sterile coverage for the patient, creates longitudinal separation to protect the sterile field, and accommodates imaging equipment. This multi-functional design reduces the number of separate draping steps required.
2Reliability
If traditional draping methods are used with 3D radiographic devices, then equipment coverage is provided, but maintaining sterility becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The drape incorporates a longitudinal separation that divides the sterile field into distinct zones. This segmentation allows the drape to simultaneously cover the patient and accommodate 3D radiographic devices while maintaining sterility in each zone, simplifying the overall configuration compared to traditional multi-drape methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The longitudinal separation acts as an intermediary barrier that allows imaging equipment to access the surgical site while preventing contamination of the sterile field. This mediator structure enables sterility maintenance without requiring complex multiple-drape configurations.
3Reliability
If the drape is made fully opaque for sterility, then contamination is prevented, but navigation system readability is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The drape incorporates transparent or translucent portions at specific locations where navigation systems require readability, while maintaining opaque material in other areas for contamination prevention. This localized variation in optical properties allows the drape to simultaneously prevent contamination and enable navigation system functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a surgical drape to be used in conjunction with a surgical procedure, and more specifically to a surgical drape that includes one or more of the following: (1) a patient drape for use with a standalone non-draped image acquisition device; (2) a patient drape for use with a standalone non-draped image acquisition device with image guidance navigation technology; (3) the means to provide temporary sterile coverage of an underlying sterile field; (4) the means to provide sterile separation of at least a portion, if not the entire temporary sterile coverage; and (5) the means to provide covering of the undersurface of the operating surface and enclosing any suspended medical devices, wires, cables, tubes, etc.