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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Craver, Atlanta, GA (US);
Louis A Campbell, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ; 606 53 ; 606-1 ; 606 99 ; 600206 ; 600209 ; 600219 ; 600226 ; 600235 ;
Abstract
An instrument for spreading the anterior leaflet of a mitral valve. The surgical instrument is designed to allow a surgeon to grip an instrument with one hand during sizing of the anterior leaflet prior to implantation of an annuloplasty ring in a heart valve. The instrument includes a pair of tines that each have an engagement tip for engaging the chordae tendinae proximate an anterior leaflet of a heart valve. The tines are coupled together by a gripping mechanism that may be easily held in one hand, while an annuloplasty ring sizer is held in the surgeon's other hand.