A device to hold an anastomotic site of coronary artery motionless and bloodless for the bypass operation

Abstract

Abstract The present invention is to provide an improved device to hold an anastomotic site of coronary artery for the bypass surgery; to provide said device wherein the coronary artery bypass operation can be quickly, and accurately performed on the beating heart by firmly and atraumatically holding said anastomotic site motionless and bloodless. That is to say, the characteristic feature of the present invention is in that the coronary artery can be stably held motionless without need to forcedly compress the heart surface. This is accomplished with a circular flexible suction device which surrounds the target artery, and whose center is open to expose the anastomotic site. The device is suctioned to the heart surface by drawing off the air in the flexible circular channel, creating negative pressure.

Inventors

• 👤 Masao Takahashi

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