Artery holder
OwnerRafael Astudillo Leyinventor
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Abstract
An artery holder for use in connection with heart surgery, which has a gripping and fixing member (1) having two co-operating first and second clamp elements (9, 10) which are arranged to grip muscle tissue (4) around an artery (5) in connection with its cut end (7) and clamp muscle tissue while simultaneously fixing the artery and exposing its cut end. Furthermore, the artery holder has a spring member (2) to actuate the gripping and fixing member with a predetermiined spring force in order to clamp the muscle tissue, and an actuating member (3) to actuate the gripping and fixing member against the action of the spring force from the spring member in order to open the clamp elements for receiving muscle tissue therebetween and subsequent release of clamped muscle tissue.
Claims5
An artery holder for use in connection with heart surgery, characterized in that it comprises
- a gripping and fixing member (1) including two mutually interacting first and second clamp elements (9, 10) being arranged for gripping muscle tissue (4), that encloses an artery (5), in connection with a cut end (7) of the artery (5), and for clamping muscle tissue (4) while simultaneously fixing the artery (5) and exposing said cut end (7),
- a spring member (2) being arranged to actuate the gripping and fixing member (1) with a predetermined spring force in order to achieve said clamping of the muscle tissue (4), and
- an actuating member (3) being arranged to actuate the gripping and fixing member (1) against the action of the spring force from the spring member (2) in order to open the clamp elements (9, 10) for enabling reception of muscle tissue (4) therebetween and subsequent release of clamped muscle tissue (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.