Device for cardiac surgery and methods thereof
AssigneeLSI Solutions, Inc.
InventorJude S. Sauer
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Abstract
A device for cardiac surgery includes a first frame member having a first end that is pivotably coupled to a first end of a second frame member, and two or more apertures are disposed through each of the first and second frame members that are each configured to receive a corresponding portion of suture. The first frame member and the second frame member are pivotably displaceable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a second end of the first frame member and a second end of the second frame member are separated by a first distance, and in the second position, the second end of the first frame member and the second end of the second frame member are separated by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
Claims8
A device for cardiac surgery, comprising:
- a first frame member that extends along a first frame member axis from a first end to a second end, wherein the first frame member axis is non-linear, and wherein two or more apertures are disposed through the first frame member, each of the two or more apertures configured to receive a corresponding portion of suture that is configured to secure the first frame member to a portion of cardiac tissue;
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- a second frame member that extends along a second frame member axis from a first end to a second end, wherein the second frame member axis is non-linear, and wherein two or more apertures are disposed through the second frame member, each of the two or more apertures configured to receive a corresponding portion of suture that is configured to secure the second frame member to a portion of cardiac tissue,
- wherein the first end of the first frame member is pivotably coupled to the first end of the second frame member such that the first frame member and the second frame member are pivotably displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the second end of the first frame member and the second end of the second frame member are separated by a first distance, and in the second position, the second end of the first frame member and the second end of the second frame member are separated by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.