Sterile surgical adaptor

Abstract

A sterile adaptor (300), a sterile drape (404) with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system (200) including the sterile drape (256) with a drape interface are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument (250) in the sterile field.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] [0001] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application No. 60 / 752,472, filed December 20, 2005, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. [0003] [0002] This application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. Patent Application No. 11 / 314,040, filed December 20, 2005, which is a pending U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 922,346, filed August 19, 2004 Partial continuation of application. U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 922,346 is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 004,399, filed October 30, 2001, which is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 09 / 406,360, filed September 28, 1999, the current A continuation of U.S. Patent No. 6,346,072, U.S. Patent No. 6,346,072 is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 08 / 975,617, filed November 21, 1997, now U.S. Patent No. 6,132,368, which claimed Priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 033,321, fi...

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Also, in open surgery, there is often not enough space around the surgical site to place more than one or two surgical manipulators, thus forcing the surgeon's assistant to frequently remove instruments from the manipulator arms and replace them with other surgical tools. they replace

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