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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Wayne Schuessler, St. Louis, MO (US);
Karin Feit, St. Augustin, DE;
Michael Vardanega, Livermore, CA (US);
Dennis Chivetta, Ballwin, MO (US);
Thomas Kappel, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne Schuessler, St. Louis, MO (US);
Karin Feit, St. Augustin, DE;
Michael Vardanega, Livermore, CA (US);
Dennis Chivetta, Ballwin, MO (US);
Thomas Kappel, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of performing cardiac surgery on a patient's heart, including covering a patient with an inflatable blanket for a forced air convection system, the inflatable blanket having at least one separable seal line within the blanket. The separable seal line may be separated to form a slit. A patient's femoral artery is accessed through the slit, and an elongate medical instrument is passed through the slit, and through the femoral artery toward the patient's heart. Cardiac surgery is performed with the elongate medical instrument, and the elongate medical instrument is withdrawn from the femoral artery through the slit.