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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Pedro Morales, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Assignee:
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22097 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320716 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical cutting instrument for transapical aortic valve resection includes a cutting unit arranged on the distal end of a tool shaft and at least one mechanical cutting element for making a circular incision. The at least one cutting element can be adapted, in particular continuously adapted to different aortic diameters by means of a radially movable actuating mechanism.