A method for housing a reusable portion of an oximeter device in a sheath includes providing the oximeter device as a probe unit and a laparoscopic tube separated from each other. The probe unit is handled by a first operator in a nonsterile environment and the laparoscopic tube is handled by a second operator in a sterile environment. The first operator connects the probe unit and the laparoscopic tube to form the oximeter device. The sheath is coupled to the laparoscopic tube in a folded configuration and is pulled by the second operator to enclose the probe unit. The oximeter device is in the sterile environment when the probe unit is in the sheath. The oximeter device is for use in an intraoperative procedure and the sheath inhibits the probe unit from contacting contaminants so that the probe unit is reusable, whereas the laparoscopic tube can be disposed of.

A package assembly including a sheath, a pouch, and an outer enclosure. The sheath includes perforations that extend across the sheath along an orientation that is transverse to an elongate dimension of the sheath. The sheath is configured to receive and enclose an implant or a surgical instrument. The pouch has an inner volume that receives the sheath, the inner volume of the pouch being configured to be vacuum sealed. The outer enclosure is designed to receive the pouch. The sheath is made of a material with greater rigidity than the pouch.

In certain embodiments, a system includes a first robotic arm and a controller. The first robotic arm includes a first end effector and a second end effector. The first end effector is configured to hold and manipulate a surgical package containing an item. The second end effector includes a sensor configured to transmit sensor data. The controller is coupled to the first end effector and the second end effector, and is configured to control the first end effector to present the surgical package to the sensor of the second end effector, command the second end effector to acquire the sensor data, determine, based on the sensor data, a type of item within the surgical package.

A sterilization pouch that includes a perimeter, a first end, a second end, a length extending from the first end to the second end, a first side, a second side, a width extending from the first side to the second side, a first layer, a second layer bonded to the first layer along a portion of the perimeter to define a pouch having an opening and an interior space for receiving an article therein, a first interior sterilization indicator that changes from a first color state to a second color state when exposed to a sterilization condition, the first interior sterilization indicator being disposed between the first layer and the second layer, being disposed along a major portion of the length of the pouch, being disposed along a major portion of the width of the pouch, or being disposed along both a major portion of the length of the pouch and along a major portion of the width of the pouch, the sterilization indicator being visible through the first layer.

The invention concerns an apparatus comprising a sterile cover and a protective cover. The sterile cover may be configured to prevent a contamination of a surface. The protective cover may be configured to fit over a first portion of the sterile cover and provide protection against a sharp edge piercing the sterile cover. The first portion of the sterile cover may be within the protective cover. A second portion of the sterile cover creates an open end that may extend out of an open edge of the protective cover. The open end and the open edge may enable the sterile cover and the protective cover to slide over a top side and a bottom side of the surface together. An attachment may connect the protective cover to the sterile cover.

A shield for the bore of radiology scanners provides a resilient sheet material that can be compressed against the inner surface of the bore by a circumference expander greatly simplifying installation.