Sternum retractor for performing bypass surgery on a beating heart
AssigneeCoroneo, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Cartier, Anthony Paolitto
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Abstract
Surgical apparatus for coronary surgery of a patient comprising contacting means being capable of providing a mechanical force against at least a portion of the patient's coronary organs according to its positioning with regard to said organs, positioning means to set said contacting means in a given substantially stable spatial position and orientation within a given volume, said contacting means being pivotally connected to a sternum retractor via said positioning means. The surgical apparatus according to the invention allows to perform coronary artery revascularization without the need for extra-corporeal circulation.
Claims10
An articulation member for use in a surgical apparatus, said articulation member comprising:
- a fitting for mounting to a support structure;
- a socket for receiving an arm of a surgical tool;
- and
- a clamp moveable between a loosened position and a tightened position;
- in said loosened position said clamp permits movement between said fitting and the support structure, and permits translation of said arm relative to said socket;
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- in said tightened position, said clamp secures said fitting relative to the support structure and the arm relative to the socket.
An articulation member for mounting on a seat of a surgical support structure, said articulation member comprising:
- a body;
- a footing extending from said body and formed to engage the seat;
- a socket mounted to said body for receiving an arm of a surgical tool;
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- a clamp mounted to said body and moveable between a tightened condition and a loosened condition;
- in said loosened condition of said clamp, said footing is translatable relative to said seat, said body is rotatable relative to the seat about a first axis relative to said seat, and said socket is pivotable relative to said body about a second axis perpendicular to said first axis, said socket permits translation of the arm through said socket;
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- in said tightened condition said clamp binds said footing in the seat and holds the arm in the socket, whereby said clamp, said footing, said body and said arm are held in rigid orientation relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.