Ball and socket coronary stabilizer

A - Human Necessities – 61 – B

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2252647

This invention is an apparatus (10) for stabilizing a predetermined area on a heart or other organ of a patient to enable a surgical procedure, the apparatus comprising a bifurcated member (30) having two elongated prongs (32), and an elongated handle segment (50) pivotally and rotatably attached to the bifurcated member (30). The handle segment (50) can be movably attached to a rib retractor or other surgical device (20) so that a person is not required to hold the handle segment (50). The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention further comprises a device (60) to lock or frictionally hold the bifurcated member (30) in a desired position both on the organ, and relative to the handle segment (50) during the surgical procedure.

Dispositif (10) pour stabiliser une région prédéterminée du coeur ou d'un autre organe d'un patient afin de permettre une opération chirurgicale. Le dispositif se compose d'un élément bifurqué (30) ayant deux branches allongées (32) et d'une partie poignée (50) allongée fixée à l'élément bifurqué (30) de manière pivotante et rotative. La partie poignée (50) peut être rattachée de manière mobile à un écarteur ou à un autre instrument chirurgical (20) si bien qu'il n'est pas nécessaire qu'une personne tienne la partie poignée (50). La version préférée du dispositif comporte en outre un système (60) permettant de bloquer ou de maintenir par friction l'élément bifurqué (30) dans la position désirée à la fois au niveau de l'organe et par rapport à l'élément poignée (50) pendant l'opération chirurgicale.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for Canadian inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Ball and socket coronary stabilizer does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Ball and socket coronary stabilizer, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Ball and socket coronary stabilizer will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1920839

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.