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Publication Number
US-12262972-B2
Publication Date
2025-04-01
Expiration Date
Abstract
A drape adaptor configured for coupling to a first component of a medical device and for receiving a medical tool. The first component of the medical device including a non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism. The drape adaptor comprises a sealing member configured for passing therethrough at least a portion of at least one component of a sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The drape adaptor is configured to enable transmission of torque from the first component of the medical device to the medical tool via direct engagement between the at least one component of the sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism, through the sealing member, without compromising the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor.
Core Innovation
A drape adaptor is provided for automated medical devices that uses a reusable non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism and a sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The drape adaptor couples to a first component of a reusable unit of the medical device and couples a disposable unit of the medical device to the adaptor body. The disposable unit is configured for receiving an insertable medical tool.
A sealing member is positioned between the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The sealing member is coupled to the adaptor body and is configured to permit translation through the sealing member while maintaining the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor. Torque is transmitted from the first component of the reusable unit to the insertable medical tool via direct engagement between components of the sterile portion and components of the non-sterile portion through the translation through the sealing member.
The adaptor body comprises a substantially rigid portion configured for covering at least a portion of the first component of the reusable unit and a substantially elastic portion configured for covering at least a portion of a second component of the reusable unit. One or more rear connectors couple the adaptor body to the first component of the reusable unit, and one or more release handles coupled to the rear connectors release the adaptor body from the first component.
Claims Coverage
The document includes one independent claim. It contains inventive features relating to a sealed transition between non-sterile and sterile driving mechanism portions, torque transmission by direct engagement through the seal, and an adaptor body with rigid and elastic coverage plus rear connectors and release handles.
Sealed sterile/non-sterile driving-mechanism interface with coupled adaptor body
The drape adaptor includes a sealing member positioned between a non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism and at least a portion of a sterile portion of the driving mechanism, where the sealing member is coupled to the adaptor body.
Torque transmission by direct engagement through translation through the seal without compromising external sterility
The drape adaptor enables transmission of torque from a first component of a reusable unit to an insertable medical tool via direct engagement between at least one component of the sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism, by translation through the sealing member, without compromising the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor.
Rigid and elastic adaptor-body portions covering reusable-unit components
The adaptor body comprises a substantially rigid portion configured for covering at least a portion of the first component of the reusable unit and a substantially elastic portion configured for covering at least a portion of a second component of the reusable unit.
Rear connectors and release handles for coupling and releasing to the reusable unit
The drape adaptor further comprises one or more rear connectors configured to couple the adaptor body to the first component of the reusable unit, and one or more release handles coupled to the one or more rear connectors and configured to release the adaptor body from the first component of the reusable unit.
Overall, the claim coverage focuses on a drape adaptor that couples reusable non-sterile driving components to sterile driving components through a sealing member, enabling torque transmission to an insertable medical tool by direct engagement and translation through the seal while preserving sterility, together with rigid/elastic adaptor-body coverage and rear connector/release-handle coupling.
Stated Advantages
Enables transmission of torque to an insertable medical tool while maintaining sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor.
Documented Applications
Used in automated medical devices for coupling a reusable unit and a disposable unit with an insertable medical tool.
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