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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Edward Ramsey Snow, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Edward Ramsey Snow, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Computer Motion, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A heart stabilizer that may include a wrist which couples an end effector to a first linkage. The end effector and wrist may be inserted through an incision in the chest of a patient to assist in performing a minimally invasive coronary procedure. The wrist provides dexterity so that the end effector can be placed on the heart to stabilize the same.