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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Warren P. Williamson, Iv, Loveland, OH (US);
Mark Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Warren P. Williamson, IV, Loveland, OH (US);
Mark Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Origin Medsystems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for use in conducting coronary surgery permits coronary surgery on a beating heart while maintaining cardiac output unabated and uninterrupted. Circumflex coronary artery surgery can be performed using the system. The system includes a first device for engaging and repositioning the beating heart to a displaced position, and is capable of maintaining the heart in the displaced position to perform a surgical procedures. The system includes a second device adapted to engage a portion of the heart to immobilize that portion for conducting a surgical procedure in the immobilized location, while the remainder of the heart continues to beat. Both first and second devices may be adapted to be fixed to a relatively stationary object, such as a frame, which may be a sternal retractor.