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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Barry D. Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);
Gary S. Rogers, Wenham, MA (US);
Albert Solbjor, Waltham, MA (US);
Dwight Meglan, Westwood, MA (US);
Robert Ailinger, Norwood, MA (US);
David L. Brock, Natick, MA (US);
Woojin Lee, Hopkinton, MA (US);
David Driscoll, Milton, MA (US);
Barry D. Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);
Gary S. Rogers, Wenham, MA (US);
Albert Solbjor, Waltham, MA (US);
Dwight Meglan, Westwood, MA (US);
Robert Ailinger, Norwood, MA (US);
David L. Brock, Natick, MA (US);
Woojin Lee, Hopkinton, MA (US);
David Driscoll, Milton, MA (US);
Hansen Medical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of performing a medical procedure (e.g., a cardiac bypass procedure) on a patient comprises introducing at least one medical instrument into a patient (e.g., percutaneously), conveying control signals from a remote controller to a drive unit, and operating the drive unit in accordance with the control signals to actuate at least one tool respectively located on the medical instrument(s) to transversely secure a first anatomical vessel (e.g., a blood vessel) to a sidewall of a second anatomical vessel (e.g., another blood vessel). In one method, the control signals are conveyed from the remote controller to the drive unit in response to user commands. The user commands may be movements made at a user interface that correspond to movements of the medical instrument(s).