Percutaneus cardiomyoplasty method

Details Percutaneus cardiomyoplasty method Percutaneus cardiomyoplasty method

1992-03-25

1994-07-12

Kruter, Jerome L.

Surgery

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604 51, A61B 1700

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053279131

ABSTRACT:
Cardiomyoplasty can be performed without significant incisions by using muscle segments as patches to reinforce the defective myocardium. This method involves the use of a dilator to form an opening within the diaphragm to provide an opening through which to pass the greater omentum. The greater omentum is partitioned and brought to the myocardium via the opening in the diaphragm to serve as an extra blood supply. Muscle segments are then used as patches on the defective myocardium by implacing them between the greater omentum and the myocardium. This method is accomplished through the use of a needle shaped myoplasty instrument for obtaining the muscle segments and a specially constructed dilator for forming an opening in the diaphragm.

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patent: 4778787 (1988-10-01), Castimpoolas et al.

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