| 摘要 |
<p>A sterile enclosure (12) is provided having a body portion for encapsulating one or more monitor modules (38) used for viewing one or more surgical areas in a sterile operating field. The video monitor can be very thin and lightweight monitor modules. The sterile enclosure may be flexible or rigid and have one or more cable drapes (22) extending from the body to cover one or more cables (34) 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 (32) of the video monitor and is substantially impervious to liquid and gas. A vacuum line (26) may be connected to the body portion to evacuate air therefrom. The video monitor may be controlled by controls located on the monitor, or may be controlled by voice activation or by a remote video control system. During use, the monitor module may be placed on or adjacent to the patient. Alteratively, a miniaturized sterile monitor module or LCD display unit may be provided which is directly mountable to a surgical instrument such as an endoscope.</p> |
