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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Michael C Stewart, San Jose, CA (US);
Liming Lau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Wei, San Mateo, CA (US);
John P Lunsford, San Carlos, CA (US);
Albert K Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Tachi Callas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Benjamin Sherman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael C Stewart, San Jose, CA (US);
Liming Lau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Wei, San Mateo, CA (US);
John P Lunsford, San Carlos, CA (US);
Albert K Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Tachi Callas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Benjamin Sherman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue dissection and tissue dilation in the formation of an anatomical space about the vessel within which side-branch vessels may be manipulated in preparation for severance and removal of the vessel from the anatomical space.