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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Stephanie Kute, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Steven Zung-hong Wu, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Stephanie Kute, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Steven Zung-Hong Wu, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for capturing and placing a cardiac assist device on a heart. A cardiac assist device is delivered to a chest cavity of a being through an opening provided in a chest wall. A magnetically charged tether is provided at each corner or extremity of the cardiac assist device. Capture instruments magnetically couple with a corresponding tether. The magnetically coupled instruments and tethers then maneuver the cardiac assist device to a desired position about the heart. The cardiac assist device is then secured directly to the heart or to anchoring devices separately provided and secured to the heart.
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