Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to fix the position of
cardiac tissue during surgery
    1.
    发明授权
    Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to fix the position of cardiac tissue during surgery 失效
    用于施加负压以固定手术期间心脏组织位置的手术装置

    公开(公告)号:US5727569A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-17

    申请号:US603328

    申请日:1996-02-20

    摘要: The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The devices apply a negative pressure at several points on the outer surface of the heart such that a portion of the heart is fixed in place by the suction imposed through the surgical instrument. Because the instrument fixes the position of the tissue, and because the instruments remain at a constant distance from the particular portion of the heart where the surgery is being performed, the device may also serve as a support or platform so that other surgical instruments or devices can be advantageously used at the site. In certain preferred embodiments, the devices described herein have structures to facilitate the use of additional surgical instruments such that the placement of negative pressure device permit the surgeon to advantageously manipulate the other instruments during surgery. The negative pressure is preferably imposed through a plurality of ports which may be disposed in a substantially planar surface of the instrument which contacts the cardiac tissue.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是使用通过外科器械施加的负(吸力)压力或真空来固定跳动心脏表面的一部分的位置使得外科手术可以更容易地进行的装置和技术。 这些装置在心脏的外表面上的几个点处施加负压,使得心脏的一部分通过通过手术器械施加的抽吸被固定就位。 因为仪器固定组织的位置,并且因为仪器保持与正在执行手术的心脏的特定部分恒定的距离,所以该装置还可以用作支撑或平台,使得其它手术器械或装置 可以有利地在现场使用。 在某些优选实施例中,本文所述的装置具有便于使用额外外科器械的结构,使得负压装置的放置允许外科医生在手术期间有利地操纵其他器械。 负压优选通过多个端口施加,所述多个端口可以设置在与心脏组织接触的仪器的基本平坦的表面中。

    Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize cardiac
tissue during surgery

    公开(公告)号:US5906607A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-25

    申请号:US790828

    申请日:1997-01-23

    摘要: The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The devices apply a negative pressure at several points on the outer surface of the heart such that a portion of the heart is fixed in place by the suction imposed through the surgical instrument. Because the instrument fixes the position of the tissue, and because the instruments remain at a constant distance from the particular portion of the heart where the surgery is being performed, the device may also serve as a support or platform so that other surgical instruments or devices can be advantageously used at the site. In certain preferred embodiments, the devices described herein have structures to facilitate the use of additional surgical instruments such that the placement of negative pressure device permit the surgeon to advantageously manipulate the other instruments during surgery. The negative pressure is preferably imposed through a plurality of ports which may be disposed in a substantially planar surface of the instrument which contacts the cardiac tissue.

    Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery
    4.
    发明授权
    Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery 失效
    用于在冠状动脉旁路移植手术期间稳定跳动心脏的手术器械和程序

    公开(公告)号:US06701930B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-09

    申请号:US10007550

    申请日:2001-11-06

    IPC分类号: A61B100

    摘要: The invention is methods and devices which a surgeon may use to stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart. Pursuant to the invention, a stabilizing device is introduced through an opening in the chest and brought into contact with the beating heart. By contacting the heart with the device and by exerting a stabilizing force on the device, the motion of the heart caused by the contraction of the heart muscles is effectively eliminated such that the heart is stabilized and the site of the surgery moves only minimally if at all. Typically, in separate steps, the surgeon contacts the heart with the stabilizing device, assesses the degree of movement of the anastomosis site, and exerts a force on the stabilizing device such that the contraction of the beating heart causes only minimal excess motion at the surgery site. By fixing the position of the stabilizing device in a configuration where the motion of the beating heart is effectively eliminated, the surgeon is able to stabilize the beating heart for the duration of the procedure. The stabilizing device may be attached to a rigid support or may be attached to a semi-rigid support which is rendered motionless mechanically, chemically, or by human intervention. In certain preferred embodiments, the stabilizing device is affixed to a semi-rigid support which is caused to become rigid, by any of a variety of techniques, such that the position of the stabilizing device becomes fixed by the support, and the heart remains substantially motionless for the duration of the procedure.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是外科医生可以在心脏手术过程中稳定跳动心脏的方法和装置。 根据本发明,稳定装置通过胸部的开口引入并与打浆心接触。 通过将心脏与装置接触并且通过在装置上施加稳定力,由心脏肌肉收缩引起的心脏的运动被有效地消除,使得心脏稳定,并且手术部位仅在最小程度上移动,如果在 所有。 通常,在单独的步骤中,外科医生与稳定装置接触心脏,评估吻合部位的移动程度,并且在稳定装置上施加力,使得跳动心脏的收缩在手术时仅引起极小的过度运动 现场。 通过将稳定装置的位置固定在跳动心脏的运动被有效地消除的构造中,外科医生能够在手术期间稳定跳动的心脏。 稳定装置可以附接到刚性支撑件,或者可以附接到半刚性支撑件,其通过机械,化学方式或通过人为干预使其不动。 在某些优选实施例中,稳定装置通过各种技术中的任何一种固定到刚性刚性的半刚性支撑件上,使得稳定装置的位置由支撑件固定,心脏基本保持 在程序期间不动。

    Procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery
bypass graft surgery
    7.
    发明授权
    Procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery 失效
    在冠状动脉旁路移植手术期间稳定跳动心脏的程序

    公开(公告)号:US6050266A

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-18

    申请号:US99855

    申请日:1998-06-18

    摘要: The invention is methods and devices which a surgeon may use to stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart. Pursuant to the invention, a stabilizing device is introduced through an opening in the chest and brought into contact with the beating heart. By contacting the heart with the device and by exerting a stabilizing force on the device, the motion of the heart caused by the contraction of the heart muscles is effectively eliminated such that the heart is stabilized and the site of the surgery moves only minimally if at all. Typically, in separate steps, the surgeon contacts the heart with the stabilizing means, assesses the degree of movement of the anastomosis site, and exerts a force on the stabilizing means such that the contraction of the beating heart causes only minimal excess motion at the surgery site. By fixing the position of the stabilizing means in a configuration where the motion of the beating heart is effectively eliminated, the surgeon is able to stabilize the beating heart for the duration of the procedure. The stabilizing means may be attached to a rigid support or may be attached to a semi-rigid support which is rendered motionless mechanically, chemically, or by human intervention. In certain preferred embodiments, the stabilizing means is affixed to a semi-rigid support which is caused to become rigid, by any of a variety of techniques, such that the position of the stabilizing means becomes fixed by the support, and the heart remains substantially motionless for the duration of the procedure.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是外科医生可以在心脏手术过程中稳定跳动心脏的方法和装置。 根据本发明,稳定装置通过胸部的开口引入并与打浆心接触。 通过将心脏与装置接触并且通过在装置上施加稳定力,由心脏肌肉收缩引起的心脏的运动被有效地消除,使得心脏稳定,并且手术部位仅在最小程度上移动,如果在 所有。 通常,在单独的步骤中,外科医生将心脏与稳定装置接触,评估吻合部位的移动程度,并对稳定装置施加力,使得跳动心脏的收缩在手术时仅引起极小的过度运动 现场。 通过将稳定装置的位置固定在跳动心脏的运动被有效地消除的构造中,外科医生能够在手术期间稳定跳动的心脏。 稳定装置可以附接到刚性支撑件,或者可以附接到半刚性支撑件,其通过机械,化学方式或通过人为干预使其不动。 在某些优选实施例中,稳定装置通过各种技术中的任一种被固定到半刚性支撑件上,使其变得刚性,使得稳定装置的位置由支撑件固定,并且心脏基本保持 在程序期间不动。