Title:
臓器を位置決めする方法及び装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4406716
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
This invention provides an organ positioning device and method that employs suction to hold organ tissue to the device. The device allows the organ, for example, heart to be positioned in a desired orientation but otherwise allowing movement of the heart as the heart beats. The device is designed to be relatively atraumatic to heart tissue. Generally, the device comprises a resiliently flexible suction head having a plurality of legs that flex to conform to the surface of the heart. The suction head has vacuum passageways in fluid communication with the legs to apply suction between the legs and the surface of the heart.
Inventors:
Gary W, Ghent
Olig, Christopher
Pignat, Paul A.
Karen, Mompetti
Daigle, thomas
Gavin, Douglas H
Jans, Scott Yee
Jolly, catherine
Olig, Christopher
Pignat, Paul A.
Karen, Mompetti
Daigle, thomas
Gavin, Douglas H
Jans, Scott Yee
Jolly, catherine
Application Number:
JP2002555679A
Publication Date:
February 03, 2010
Filing Date:
January 11, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC.
International Classes:
A61B19/00; A61B17/02; A61B17/22; A61B17/28; A61B17/30; A61N1/36
Foreign References:
| WO1999060930A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinjiro Ono
Kazuo Shamoto
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda
Kazuo Shamoto
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda