A medial isolette is provided. A foldable box-type enclosure and base rail type enclosure are provided which supplies an economical and easily assembled isolation chamber. A flexible drape is provided to further isolate the patient and effectively control a negative pressure environment within the isolette. Access sports with integrated or removable gloves are provided to access the patient when the isolette is in use. A component access panel is provided for ducted connection of patient gas circuits and leads.

A multi-layer pre-drape apparatus is applied to a patient before the patient is moved into the operating room. The multi-layer pre-drape apparatus includes a lower layer with a center aperture and an upper layer that covers the aperture. The multi-layer pre-drape apparatus can be placed on a sterilized area of the patient to maintain the cleanliness of the incision area. Alternatively, the multi-layer pre-drape apparatus can be placed on the patient and sterilization fluid can be applied to the skin of the patient through the aperture. The patient can then be moved into the operating room and the upper layer of the multi-layer pre-drape can be removed to expose the sterilized area of the patient in the aperture. Additional drapes can be added to the pre-drape apparatus.

An incision foil made of a sterile, thin adhesive plastic film with a defined pattern printed on it (e.g. a fine grid pattern) can be stuck e.g. on a patient's skin surface and which marks the anatomical region of interest. Using a camera, images are acquired of the attached film and the deformation of the pattern is digitized. With a computer vision algorithm the surface of the patient, which corresponds to the surface of the film, is reconstructed from the detected pattern features in the images in comparison to the known original undeformed pattern. A method determines a geometry of the surface of the patient using the incision foil.

Occlusive tissue dressings and methods including an elastomeric drape and a liquid component, at least partially cross-linked at least after one of drying and curing, suitable for application at a dressing-to-skin interface in order to create a substantially air-tight seal. The same or a different liquid component may be applied by a user at a tube-to-dressing interface in order to create a similar air-tight seal around the tube, if not occlusively sealed during its manufacture.

A method and apparatus for detachably securing surgical instruments to a sterile field during surgery, comprising a sterile mat disposed on a specified zone of a sterile surgical drape which mat includes a surface having one constituent of a touch fastener, a plurality of surgical instruments each having secured thereto the opposing constituent of a touch fastener where, when one of the plurality of surgical instruments is dropped onto the mat it will be releasably held to the mat.

A surgical assisting device for use in a surgical procedure. The surgical assisting device comprises a flexible wall configured to form a chamber capable of assuming a volume larger than 500000 mm3. The surgical assisting device further comprises a closable wall port placed in a first portion of the flexible wall and forming a closable port for transfer between the chamber and the ambient environment, and a closable body port placed in a second portion of the flexible wall and configured to be connected to an incision in the body of the patient and forming a closable port for enabling transfer between the chamber and a cavity in the body of the patient, during the surgical procedure. The chamber has a first volume when the wall port and the body port is at a first distance from each other, and a second smaller volume when the wall port and the body port is at a second, shorter distance from each other.

Disclosed is a surgical drape configured to selectively allow or block a patient's view of the surgical field, as is desired in Caesarean section operations. Generally, the drape includes a main sheet, a substantially transparent sheet attached to the main sheet proximal the patient's head, and a substantially opaque screen attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet. This substantially opaque screen occludes the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet but may be at least partially removed to permit the patient viewing access through the substantially transparent sheet towards the area of the surgery, without compromising the sterility of the surgical field. Desirably, the drape is provided with an adhesive strip disposed on the sheet or screen to permit reconnection to thereby again occlude the patient's view through the sheet.

Hip joint navigation systems and methods are provided. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein determine a table reference plane that approximates the Anterior Pelvic Plane. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein measure a pre-operative and post-operative point. In some embodiments, the comparison of the pre-operative and post-operative point corresponds to changes in leg length and joint offset. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein determine an Adjusted Plane. In some embodiments, the Adjusted Plane adjusts for tilt by rotating the Anterior Pelvic Plane about the inter-ASIS line. In some embodiments, the Adjusted Plane improves correlation between navigated cup angles and post-operative images.

A surgical drape (20A) is provided for use while performing surgical procedures on one or both eyes of a patient, or other surgical procedures. The surgical drape includes a base sheet (24A), defining a surgical aperture (28A) having the form of an elongate slot sized to accommodate both eyes of the patient. The drape (20A) includes an attachment zone (32A) formed on the lower surface of the base sheet (24A) to fix at least a portion of the base sheet (24A) with respect to the patient. The attachment zone (32A) permitting attachment of a first portion of the base sheet lower surface to a second portion of the base sheet lower surface to vary the length of the surgical aperture (28A) to accommodate a pupillary distance of the patient.

The invention is a patient positioner assembly, system, article of manufacture, kit, and method of a positioning a patient useful in surgical procedures to secure and hold a patient on a support table. The patient positioner comprises a sheet assembly, a pad assembly, a film for protecting a patient-facing surface of the pad assembly, and straps for a patient's limb(s) that operably connects to a support table pad having hook portions configured to operably connect to a loop base of the sheet assembly thereby operably connecting the support table pad to the sheet assembly. The sheet assembly can be configured as a cover, sheet and/or drape from suitable materials impermeable or that otherwise do not permit the passage of a fluid through its substance to the table pad and/or the split-pad assembly.