Guidant Cardiothoracic Tool Pat. No. 5,894,843

Guidant Cardiothoracic Tool Pat. No. 5,894,843 -  Preowned with Good Condition

The Guidant Cardiothoracic Tool Pat. No. 5,894,843 is an apparatus for stabilizing predetermined area on a heart or other organ of a patient to enable a surgical procedure on a beating heart. The apparatus includes a bifurcated member having two elongated prongs and an elongated handle. The handle segment can be movably attached to a rib retractor so that a person is not required to hold the handle segment. In one disclosed embodiment, the apparatus further includes a device to hold the bifurcated member in a position against the surface of the heart sufficiently so that a stabilizing force is applied against the heart and contraction of the heart does not cause either vertical or horizontal motion at the target site during the surgical procedure.

Stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart.

Motion of beating heart is effectively eliminated By fixing the position of the stabilizing device.

Covers most of the beating heart bypass procedures using mechanical stabilization

Dimensions: 9.5cm x24cm x1.5cm

Weight: 16 lb

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