Sternum retractor for performing bypass surgery on a beating hea

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1997-09-30

2000-08-15

Hirsch, Paul J.

Surgery

Specula

Retractor

600210, 600232, A61B 1702, A61B 1704, A61B 1711

Patent

active

061028541

ABSTRACT:
Surgical apparatus for coronary surgery of a patient comprising contacting means being capable of providing a mechanical force against at least a portion of the patient's coronary organs according to its positioning with regard to said organs, positioning means to set said contacting means in a given substantially stable spatial position and orientation within a given volume, said contacting means being pivotally connected to a sternum retractor via said positioning means. The surgical apparatus according to the invention allows to perform coronary artery revascularization without the need for extra-corporeal circulation.

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Affidavit of Yves Hebert executed on May 12, 1999 and lodged against Canadian patent application Serial No. 2,197,614 in the name of Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc. and filed on Feb. 14, 1997.

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