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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John T. M. Wright, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Genesee Biomedical, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61B 1/700 ;
Abstract
An improved stabilization device of the type used to stabilize a portion of a beating heart by substantially eliminating movement of a portion of the surface tissue of the heart upon which surgical procedures are to be carried out comprising a housing having an opening that, in use, defines with the heart a vacuum chamber, the opening being closed by a geometrically stable porous plug structure.