Method for organ positioning and stabilization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6447443
APP PUB NO 20020095139A1
SERIAL NO

09879294

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This invention provides a system and method for positioning, manipulating, holding, grasping, immobilizing and/or stabilizing a heart including one or more tissue-engaging devices, one or more suction sources, one or more fluid sources, one or more energy sources, one or more sensors and one or more processors. The system and method may include an indifferent electrode, a drug delivery device and an illumination device. The system's tissue-engaging device may comprise a tissue-engaging head, a support apparatus and a clamping mechanism for attaching the tissue-engaging device to a stable object. The system may be used during various medical procedures including the deployment of an anastomotic device, intermittently stopping and starting of the heart, ablation of cardiac tissues and the placement of cardiac leads.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Colson, Michael A Chanhassen, MN 10 2252
Daigle, Thomas Corcoran, MN 14 1743
Gubbin, Douglas H Brooklyn Park, MN 17 3000
Guenst, Gary W Collegeville, PA 17 2054
Jahns, Scott E Hudson, WI 96 19731
Jolly, Katherine Shoreview, MN 6 1193
Keogh, James R Maplewood, MN 138 22111
Montpetit, Karen Mendota Heights, MN 6 1193
O'Neill, William G Maple Grove, MN 27 5173
Olig, Christopher Eden Prairie, MN 7 1195
Pignato, Paul A Stacy, MN 33 2914

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