Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1977-07-11
1979-05-15
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128401, 128402, A61F 700
Patent
active
041542452
ABSTRACT:
A pad for cooling the heart or other similar organs during surgery comprises a pad of a generally flat configuration constructed of a pliable material having heat transfer means in the form of a conduit for conducting a coolant through the pad adjacent one surface and an insulating device in the form of an air chamber insulating the cooling apparatus from the opposite face of the pad and including a malleable frame within the pad for maintaining the pad in selected configurations for folding around an organ, and retaining the pad in position.
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