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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162963 | Angled anastomosis device, tools and method of using Anastomosis devices, tools and methods of performing angled sutureless anastomosis. Devices provided are adapted to be oriented at an acute angle to a host vessel or organ, thereby orienting a graft to be anastomosed to the host by the same angle. The device maintai... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162817 | Device to permit offpump beating heart coronary bypass surgery A suction cup adapted to engage a surface of a beating heart with sufficient force to move the beating heart to an unnatural position upon moving the suction cup, while the suction cup maintains engagement with the surface of the heart and the heart continues to hea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8092369 | Organ manipulator having suction member supported with freedom to move relative to its support An organ manipulator including at least one suction member or adhesive disk mounted to a joint providing freedom of movement of the at least one suction member or adhesive disk relative to its support. A method for retracting and maintaining an organ in a retracted ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083664 | Surgical stabilizers and methods for use in reduced-access surgical sites Devices and methods for stabilizing tissue within a patient's body. Such a device is adapted to assume a reduced configuration and an operating configuration. The device assumes the reduced configuration for passage through a small opening to deliver a working end o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8029491 | Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms during surgical procedures which involves providing a fluid source in communication with an aperture extending into an anatomical cavity such that fluid may be delivered into the cavity when a condition of negative p... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7998114 | Method and apparatus for regulating pressure during medical procedures A method and apparatus are provided for regulating pressure applied during a medical procedure, including an inelastic housing enclosing an inner volume, a housing having a first and second end; an aperture in the housing, the aperture for coupling to an element for... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7947062 | Temporary anastomotic seal and method Forming a proximal anastomosis on an aortic wall includes method and instrumentation and apparatus for forming an aortic puncture and inserting into the vessel through the puncture a fluid-impervious sealing element with a protruding retainer. An anastomosis of a gr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938842 | Tissue dissector apparatus Surgical apparatus and method includes a cannula that houses an endoscope and supports a dilating element near a distal end of the cannula. The dilating element has a dimension which is greater than the diameter of the cannula for enlarging a surgical cavity in tiss... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931590 | Tissue stabilizer and methods of using the same Devices and methods are provided for stabilizing tissue, e.g., a beating heart, within a patient's body. In certain embodiments, the subject devices are characterized by having a shaft and at least two contacting members operatively associated with the shaft where t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909846 | Access platform for internal mammary dissection An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is preferably pivotally coupled to the spreader member such th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887558 | Modular vessel harvesting system and method A vessel harvesting system that is suitable for harvesting target vessels such as the saphenous vein or radial artery for cardiac artery bypass graft surgery. The system includes a vessel harvesting tool with an elongated cannula and a plurality of surgical instrume... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7867163 | Instrument and method for remotely manipulating a tissue structure A retractor and a surgical tool are positioned within a cannula, and a dissection cradle of the retractor is positioned at the distal end of the cannula. The retractor includes a dissection cradle that is resiliently supported along an axis skewed relative to the ax... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7785246 | Left and right side heart support A cannulation system for cardiac support uses an inner cannula disposed within an outer cannula. The outer cannula includes a fluid inlet for placement within the right atrium of a heart. The inner cannula includes a fluid inlet extending through the fluid inlet of ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7766817 | Organ manipulator having suction member supported with freedom to move relative to its support An organ manipulator including at least one suction member or adhesive disc mounted to a joint providing freedom of movement of the at least one suction member or adhesive disk relative to its support. A method for retracting and suspending an organ in a retracted p... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7736307 | Surgical instruments for accessing and stabilizing a localized portion of a beating heart Surgical devices for stabilizing the heart are disclosed which facilitate anastomosis under beating heart conditions. Various instruments or devices may be maneuvered and secured on a retractor device to provide stabilization of the heart. An instrument mount is pro... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731675 | Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7699774 | Access platform for internal mammary dissection An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is pivotally coupled to the spreader member such that it natur... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7695470 | Integrated vessel ligator and transector Surgical treatment of tissue includes electrocauterization of blood vessels interposed between spaced sets of electrodes of opposite polarity, and includes transection of such tissue by a cutter that is mounted between the spaced sets of electrodes for translational... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7597698 | Apparatus and method for endoscopic encirclement of pulmonary veins for epicardial ablation Surgical instruments and procedures promote placement of a tissue-ablating probe surrounding the left and right pulmonary veins within the intrapericardial space of a patient's heart via access through a subxiphoid or subcostal entry incision. An opening is formed i... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7585306 | Anastomosis device, tools and methods of using Anastomosis devices, tools and methods of performing sutureless anastomosis. Anastomosis devices are provided for fixing a first conduit to a second conduit in an anastomosis, where the conduits are joined by interfacing their inner walls together. The conduit which... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585277 | Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery Methods and devices which a surgeon may use to stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart. A stabilizing device may be introduced through an opening in the chest and brought into contact with the beating heart. By contacting the heart with ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7544203 | Temporary seal and method for facilitating anastomosis Forming a proximal anastomosis on an aortic wall includes method and instrumentation and apparatus for forming an aortic puncture and inserting a fluid-impervious sealing element with a lateral flange and central stem into the vessel through the puncture. An anastom... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544195 | Electrocautery surgical scissors Surgical apparatus includes bipolar electrodes and tissue-shearing blades configured to electrically contact tissue for electrocauterization thereof prior to shearing contact of the cutting blades with the tissue over wide angles of presentation of the tissue to the... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7534243 | Dissection and welding of tissue A tissue dissector and method for welding and severing blood vessels includes advancing the tip of a tissue-dissecting surgical instrument through tissue, with a tissue welder substantially concealed within the tip during tissue dissection. Blood vessels encountered... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526342 | Apparatus for endoscopic cardiac mapping and lead placement Apparatus and surgical methods establish temporary suction attachment to a target site on the surface of a beating heart for analyzing electrical signals or hemodynamic responses to applied signals at the target sites for enhancing the accuracy of placement of cardi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7497858 | Apparatus and method for assessing transmurality of a tissue ablation An instrument assesses the transmurality of an ablation lesion from a first surface of a targeted biological tissue to an opposed second surface thereof. The instrument includes at least a first electrode operably attached to an ablation instrument adapted to engage... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7485092 | Vessel harvesting apparatus and method 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 abou... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485090 | Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize cardiac tissue during surgery The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The device... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7452374 | AV grafts with rapid post-operative self-sealing capabilities The invention provides a self-sealing arteriovenous graft including a tube having a polymeric inner layer defining a lumen through which blood may flow and an outer textile layer. The outer textile layer is concentrically disposed about the inner layer. Furthermore,... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7398781 | Method for subxiphoid endoscopic access Apparatus and method for performing surgical procedures within the mediastinum or within the pericardium include an endoscopic cannula that is introduced into the mediastinum and optionally into the pericardium via a subxiphoid incision. A cavity may be initially di... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393352 | Electrode arrangement for use in a medical instrument A medical instrument includes a pair of spaced apart and electrically isolated elongated electrodes positioned adjacent one another on a working member. The electrodes are arranged for sensing electrical activity of biological tissues inside the body of the patient.... | 07/01/2008 |
| RE40404 | Thinly woven flexible graft A thinly woven textile prosthetic implant such as a vascular graft may be implanted by catheter implantation. The implant includes an elongate tubular body formed of a woven fabric having a fabric thickness no greater than about 0.16 mm. The tubular body includes a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387627 | Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrument A securing apparatus for selectively securing an ablating element of an ablation instrument proximate to a targeted region of a biological tissue. The securing apparatus includes a support base affixed to the ablation instrument relative the ablating element, and ha... | 06/17/2008 |
