Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1996-02-20
1997-07-29
Lewis, Aaron J.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
607 9, 607 10, 607142, A61B 1900
Patent
active
056513780
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a method for facilitating coronary surgery on the beating heart wherein the vagal nerve is electrically stimulated to temporarily stop or substantially reduce the beating of the heart. Such temporary stoppage or substantial reduction of the beating of the heart facilitates procedures such as suturing of an anastomosis which would otherwise be more difficult because of the motion induced by the beating heart.
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Matheny Robert G.
Taylor Charles S.
Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc.
Lewis Aaron J.
O'Hara Kelly Riskin
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