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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Harry Leonard Green, Ii, Anacortes, WA (US);
Jon M. Tanaka, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward A. Pineda, San Jose, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Liming Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
John P Lunsford, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert Mosley, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua Wallin, San Jose, CA (US);
Iris Leon Corbin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Harry Leonard Green, II, Anacortes, WA (US);
Jon M. Tanaka, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward A. Pineda, San Jose, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Liming Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
John P Lunsford, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert Mosley, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua Wallin, San Jose, CA (US);
Iris Leon Corbin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Organ manipulation devices for atraumatically grasping the surface of an organ and repositioning the organ to allow access to a location on the organ that would otherwise be substantially inaccessible. Methods of accessing a beating heart, retracting the heart using an organ manipulation apparatus, and stabilizing a surgical target area with a stabilizer. Both the organ manipulator and stabilizer are fixed to a stationary object which may be a sternal retractor. A system for performing beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting includes a sternal retractor, organ manipulator and stabilizer.