Surgical tool for vascular exposure and access
AssigneeSorin Biomedica Cardio S. r. l.
InventorsEric Manasse, Franco vallana
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Abstract
A tool for facilitating access to the inside of a vessel and/or surgery on a vessel or an organ connected to the vessel. The vessel has a proximal end and a distal end, while the tool has a substantially cylindrical band and an arm. The band has a deployed configuration capable of opening the proximal portion of the vessel. The arm is connected to the band and has a deployed configuration capable of at least partially flattening the distal end of the vessel to improve the view inside the vessel. When deployed in a vessel, the tool holds the vessel in an open configuration and provides the physician with a surgical operating field, and the ability to pass a prosthesis through said tool and in a desired location within an organ.
Claims26
A tool for facilitating exposure of an inside portion of a vessel or an organ, the vessel having a proximal end and a distal end, the tool comprising a substantially cylindrical band having a deployed configuration capable of opening the proximal portion of the vessel and an arm connected to the band, the arm having a deployed configuration capable of at least partially flattening the distal end of the vessel.
A tool for surgery facilitating exposure of an inside section of a vessel comprising an element having a band capable of creating an operating field to the inside of a first portion of the vessel and an arm capable of at least partially flattening a second portion of the vessel.
A method of surgery comprising, partially dissecting a vessel to create an opening of a dissected vessel, inserting a tool through the opening, and exposing an operating field that is located within the vessel or organ connected to the vessel through the use of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.