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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
William P. Williamson, Iv, Loveland, OH (US);
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
George A. Keller, Grandview Heights, OH (US);
Harry Leonard Green, Ii, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
William P. Williamson, IV, Loveland, OH (US);
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
George A. Keller, Grandview Heights, OH (US);
Harry Leonard Green, II, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for stabilizing tissue within a patient's body during a surgical operation to provide a relatively motionless surgical field, such as during a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The devices include tissue stabilizers which engage and provide stabilization to a targeted area of tissue and further have the ability to engage and manipulate some portion of tissue within or adjacent the targeted area to improve the surgical presentation of that portion of tissue. The tissue stabilizer typically has one or more stabilizer feet which have a first foot portion configured to provide stabilization to the targeted tissue and a second foot portion moveable relative to the first foot portion for manipulating a portion of tissue to improve the surgical presentation.