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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001

Filed:

Sep. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Steven Peng, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Grace A. Carlson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Albert K. Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Origin Medsystems, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61B 1/701 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61B 1/701 ;
Abstract

A clip which can be temporarily clamped to a cut edge of a pericardium during heart surgery. Two or more of the clips, which may be each connected to a respective flexible member, are clipped to the pericardium and tension is applied to the connectors to suspend the clips and the pericardium, as well as the heart, form a support, while enabling the heart to continue to beat normally.


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Peng, Steven. (2001). Method and apparatus for cardiac lifting during beating heart surgery using pericardial clips (U.S. Patent No. 6287250). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6287250

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