Cutting apparatus having articulable tip

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1998-02-19

1999-10-26

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

604 22, A61B 1732

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active

059720123

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for intraoperatively performing surgery to create transmural channels in tissue, for example, as in transmyocardial revascularization, are provided using apparatus having an end region containing a mechanical cutting head and means for articulating the end-region to access hard-to-reach portions of the anatomy. The handpiece is coupled by a disposable cable to a controller that houses a vacuum pump and mechanisms for driving the cutting head. The cutting head is adapted to cooperate with the vacuum pump to evacuate tissue severed during the channel forming process.

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