Patents Assigned to Millennium Cardiac Strategies, Inc.
  • Device for regional immobilization of a compliant body
    Patent number: 6159201
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device and methods for immobilizing a localized region of a compliant body. A device of the invention includes at least two arms, an elbow region between the arms, and a suction arrangement. During use the region of the compliant material to be immobilized is flanked by the arms and a negative pressure is applied through the suction arrangement to immobilize the flanked region. The device of the invention is suited for use in medical applications, for example, coronary bypass graft surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Millennium Cardiac Strategies, Inc.
    Inventors: George Andrew York Hamilton, William G. Lindsay
  • Device for regional immobilization of a compliant body
    Patent number: 5885271
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device and methods for immobilizing a localized region of a compliant body. A device of the invention includes at least two arms, an elbow region between the arms, and a suction arrangement. During use the region of the compliant material to be immobilized is flanked by the arms and a negative pressure is applied through the suction arrangement to immobilize the flanked region. The device of the invention is suited for use in medical applications, for example, coronary bypass graft surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Millennium Cardiac Strategies, Inc.
    Inventors: George Andrew York Hamilton, William G. Lindsay