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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Maquet Cardiovascular Llc, Wayne, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Liming Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 17/00008 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320078 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00196 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for harvesting a vessel from a body, includes: a cannula having a dissector for advancing along the vessel to create a tunnel, the dissector having a transparent portion; and an energy tool moveably coupled to the cannula, wherein the energy tool is configured to separate a pediculated vessel having at least a segment of the vessel and a pedicle around the segment of the vessel from surrounding tissue, and wherein at least a part of the energy tool is visible through the transparent portion of the dissector during use of the energy tool.