Paul A. Spence;Warren P. Williamson, IV;Mark Ortiz
发明人:
Paul A. Spence,Warren P. Williamson, IV,Mark Ortiz
申请号：
US12336290
公开号：
US08317695B2
申请日:
2008.12.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A system for manipulating a heart during cardiac surgery permits coronary surgery on a beating heart while maintaining cardiac output unabated and uninterrupted. Circumflex coronary artery surgery can be performed using the system. A component of the system engages the heart with a heart positioning device, repositions the heart into a displaced position and maintains it in the displaced position while the heart continues to beat with substantially unabated and uninterrupted cardiac output. One form of the system can be used in minimally invasive surgery.
