Vascular incisor and method
CA 2366813 A1 · Owner: Gannoe, James R. · Inventors: Gannoe, James R.; Moshe, Meir
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An improved vascular incisor (14) and method for allowing a user to safely create an incision in a body lumen. The present invention provides an apparatus which can create in surrounding body structures such as the back , wall of the ascending aorta. The incisor (14) includes a surgical element such as a blade (40) which is activated by an actuator (42). As the actuator (42) is depressed, the blade (40) is moved from a protected retracted position to , an exposed, deployed position. The exposed blade (40) is pushed into a front wall of the ascending aorta to create an incision. As the actuator (42) is depressed further, the blade (40) is automatically moved to the retracted position …
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- Filed January 26, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 26, 2021.
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