Surgery – Endoscope
Patent
1998-06-09
1999-09-28
Leubecker, John P.
Surgery
Endoscope
348 77, 206438, 128849, A61B 100
Patent
active
059578319
ABSTRACT:
A sterile enclosure is provided having a body portion for encapsulating one or more video monitors used for viewing one or more surgical areas in a sterile operating field. The enclosure may be flexible or rigid and have one or more cable drapes extending from the body to cover one or more cables associated with the video monitor. In some embodiments, the body is flexible. In another embodiment, the body is rigid. The body is transparent in at least an area for viewing the screen of the video monitor and is substantially impervious to liquid and gas. A vacuum line may be connected to the body portion to evacuate air therefrom. An air vent filter may be used in conjunction with the vacuum line to allow air to flow through the sterile enclosure thus cooling the video monitor therein.
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