Cardiac tissue retractor with associated valve cusp depressor
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Feb 24, 2011
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Aug 3, 2010
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Aug 3, 2009
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A tissue retracting apparatus for use in cardiac surgery having a first tissue retracting member configured and sized to retract a cardiac tissue of the patient's heart in a manner to obtain surgical access to a target heart valve located within an internal heart cavity, and a second tissue retracting member configured and sized to retract, depress or displace a valve cusp tissue of the target heart valve in a manner to obtain surgical access beyond the target heart valve. In use, the second tissue retracting member is operatively couplable to the first retracting member, so that the first and second retracting members cooperate together to collectively allow the simultaneous retraction of both (i) a cardiac tissue of the patient's heart, and (ii) a valve cusp of the target valve while a surgical intervention can be carried out on either the target heart valve or a subvalvular structure of said target heart valve.
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