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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Christopher A. Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Ikeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Andris D. Ramans, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dean F. Hoornaert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Margaret M. Isaac, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher A. Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Ikeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Andris D. Ramans, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dean F. Hoornaert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Margaret M. Isaac, Redwood City, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods related to endoscopic surgery, particularly related to robotic surgical operations, provide a tissue stabilizer for endoscopically stabilizing a target tissue within a patient's body. For stabilizing a beating heart during a closed-chest coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, a stabilizer is inserted through an endoscopic cannula and provides sufficient surface area to contact the heart and effectively stabilize the target tissue area. The stabilizer can straddle a blood vessel, such as a coronary artery, which is targeted for an anastomosis. Vessel occlusion fasteners may occlude the target blood vessel prior to the anastomosis procedure.