Joseph Craver - Atlanta GA Louis A. Campbell - Austin TX
Assignee:
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc. - Austin TX
International Classification:
A61B 1728 A61B 1700 A61B 132
US Classification:
606205
Abstract:
An instrument for spreading the anterior leaflet of a mitral valve. The surgical instrument is designed to allow a surgeon to grip an instrument with one hand during sizing of the anterior leaflet prior to implantation of an annuloplasty ring in a heart valve. The instrument includes a pair of tines that each have an engagement tip for engaging the chordae tendinae proximate an anterior leaflet of a heart valve. The tines are coupled together by a gripping mechanism that may be easily held in one hand, while an annuloplasty ring sizer is held in the surgeon's other hand.
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ISLN:
916879998
Admitted:
2002
University:
Case Western Reserve University, B.S., 1999; Case Western Reserve University, B.S., 1999
Law School:
College of William & Mary School of Law, J.D., 2002; William & Mary, J.D., 2002
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