Portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers
Disclosed herein are portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers. For example, a portal-establishing device includes a portal and a breaching mechanism. The portal includes a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof. The portal is configured to enable one or more functional connections such as an optical connection or an electrical connection across a procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and another medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier. The breaching mechanism is configured to breach the procedural barrier and place the portal over a breach in the procedural barrier. Methods of the portal-establishing devices include methods of using the portal-establishing devices.
1 . A portal-establishing device, comprising:
a portal including a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof, the portal configured to enable functional connections across a procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and a second medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier, and the portal barrier being a tear-resistant, transparent sheet of polymeric material for establishing an electrical connection thereacross for one of the functional connections between the single-use medical device and the second medical device without propagating any hole or tear made in the tear-resistant, transparent sheet to effectuate the electrical connection; and
a breaching mechanism configured to breach the procedural barrier and place the portal over a breach in the procedural barrier.
2 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the portal barrier has optical transmissibility for establishing an optical connection thereacross for another one of the functional connections between the single-use medical device and the second medical device.
3 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the breaching mechanism includes an extension of the portal having external threads configured to screw together with a protruding portion of the second medical device having internal threads, the extension of the portal configured to breach the procedural barrier with an external cutting edge when screwed together with the protruding portion of the second medical device with the procedural barrier therebetween.
4 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the portal-establishing device is sterile and the procedural barrier is a sterile drape.
5 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the breaching mechanism includes an extension of the portal having internal threads configured to screw together with a protruding portion of the second medical device having external threads, the extension of the portal configured to breach the procedural barrier with an internal cutting edge when screwed together with the protruding portion of the second medical device with the procedural barrier therebetween.
6 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the breaching mechanism includes an extension of the portal having one or more internal magnetic elements configured to couple with one or more external magnetic elements of a protruding portion of the second medical device, the extension of the portal configured to breach the procedural barrier with an internal cutting edge when coupled together with the protruding portion of the second medical device with the procedural barrier therebetween.
7 . The portal-establishing device of claim 1 , wherein the breaching mechanism includes an extension of the portal having a sharp tip configured to breach the procedural barrier when inserted into a protruding portion of the second medical device with the procedural barrier therebetween.
8 . A method of a portal-establishing device, comprising:
breaching a procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and a second medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier with a breaching mechanism of the portal-establishing device; and
placing a portal over a breach in the procedural barrier, the portal including a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof, the portal barrier being a tear-resistant, transparent sheet of polymeric material for establishing an electrical connection thereacross between the single-use medical device and the second medical device without propagating any hole or tear made in the tear-resistant, transparent sheet to effectuate the electrical connection, thereby enabling a functional connection between the single-use medical device and the second medical device through the portal of the portal-establishing device.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising establishing an optical connection for a second functional connection across the tear-resistant, transparent sheet of polymeric material, the portal barrier having optical transmissibility for the optical connection.
10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
screwing together an extension of the portal having internal threads and a protruding portion of the second medical device having external threads; and
breaching the procedural barrier between the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device with an internal cutting edge of the extension of the portal while screwing together the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device.
11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
magnetically coupling together an extension of the portal having one or more internal magnetic elements and a protruding portion of the second medical device having one or more external magnetic elements; and
breaching the procedural barrier between the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device with an internal cutting edge of the extension of the portal while magnetically coupling together the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device.
12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
screwing together an extension of the portal having external threads and a protruding portion of the second medical device having internal threads; and
breaching the procedural barrier between the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device with an external cutting edge of the extension of the portal while screwing together the extension of the portal and the protruding portion of the second medical device.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the portal-establishing device is sterile and the procedural barrier is a sterile drape.
14 . A procedural barrier, comprising:
a portal integrated into the procedural barrier, the portal including a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof configured to enable functional connections across the procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and a second medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier, and the portal barrier being a tear-resistant, transparent sheet of polymeric material for establishing an electrical connection thereacross for one of the functional connections between the single-use medical device and the second medical device without propagating any hole or tear made in the tear-resistant transparent sheet to effectuate the electrical connection.