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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:
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.