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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Maquet Cardiovascular Llc, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Michael C. Stewart, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC, Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/062 (2013.01); A61B 17/00008 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 18/148 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00428 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1452 (2013.01);
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.