User's Manual Part 1

da Vinci
®
Si™
Draping
6-15
DRAFT/PRE-RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL
10/9/14
9. Bend the blue flex-strips to create a clear path for the endoscope along the arm’s
insertion axis, and to ensure the camera arm drape does not stretch or tear during system
operation.
Figure 6.20 Bend the blue flex-strips around the insertion axis
6.5 Camera Head Draping Procedure
Note: Before draping the camera head, wipe the lenses to remove any debris or
smudges.
Since the Vision Cart and cables are not sterile, a non-sterile person (circulating nurse below)
must assist a sterile person
(scrub nurse below) with draping and connecting the camera
head. (The camera head itself is not sterile and must not be autoclaved.)
To drape the camera head:
1. C
irculating nurse: De
liver the camera drape to the scrub nurse in sterile fashion.
2. Scrub nurse: Unf
old the drape. Then insert a hand into the open end of the drape, and
grab the camera head sterile adapter firmly.
Figure 6.21 Attaching camera head to sterile adapter
3. Circulating
Nurse
2. Scrub Nurse
(Sterile)
(Non-sterile)