Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Brian S. Tonko
  • Cardiac stabilizer device having multiplexed vacuum ports and method of stabilizing a beating heart
    Patent number: 6589166
    Abstract: A cardiac stabilizer for use during cardiac surgery. The stabilizer has a cardiac engagement member having at least two vacuum ports, wherein each vacuum port is connected to a separate pressure tube. The pressure in each vacuum port is individually controlled by a multiplexing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Knight, William D. Fox, Dale R. Schulze