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Device and method for stabilizing cardiac tissue

  • US 6,338,738 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1999
  • Issued: 01/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical device for stabilizing cardiac tissue during surgery, said device comprising:

  • a support structure having a distal end and a proximal end; and

    a stabilizing foot attached to said support structure at a distal end, the foot comprising two laterally spaced apart fingers connected by a bridge at one end of the fingers, said fingers each having an inner edge with said edges being located generally in a first plane and defining a surgical site therebetween, said fingers having bottom surfaces, each said bottom surface having a beveled surface portion extending upwardly and away from the inner edge at an angle in the range of between about 10° and

    about 35°

    from the first plane.

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