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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jose Antonio Navia, Buenos Aires, AR;
Jorge Luis Jordana, Buenos Aires, AR;
Assignee:
Guidant Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 37 ; 128897 ;
Abstract
A device and method for immobilizing a portion of the epicardium without interrupting the beating of the heart, which includes a frame that can be temporarily anchored to the epicardium and one or more expandable members attached to the frame which, upon inflation, temporarily occlude the passage of blood through the vessel or vessels in the operational field defined by the frame.