Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc.

Federico J Bennetti

Robert G Matheny

Ivan Sepetka

Charles S Taylor

William N Aldrich

Eugene Edward Reis

Brent Ford Regan

Richard M Ferrari

An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is preferably pivotally coupled to the spreader member such that it naturally rises as the blades are separated. Alternatively, a vertical displacement member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected superior blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor is interconnected to the blades to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.

Access platform for internal mammary dissection

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Santa Fe, Argentina

Federico J Bennetti