Coronary stabilizer for performing beating heart cardiac surgery
CA 2269242 A1 · Owner: Cartier, Raymond · Inventors: Valentini, Valerio; Cartier, Raymond; Paolitto, Anthony
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The present invention improves the efficiency and safety of beating heart CABG surgery, through a coronary stabilizer that isolates and extrudes the target artery through the, arterial window formed by its geometry and contacting perimeter thereby , facilitating, surgical grafting while minimizing distortion and deflection to underlying heart tissue or, minimizing restriction to the natural beating function of the heart. The coronary, stabilizer is also configured with a manipulation handle that improves the surgeon's, sensitivity and manual dexterity during the deployment of said stabilizer allowing better, feedback to the imposed immobilization loads to the underlying heart tissue.
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- Filed April 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 16, 2019.
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