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Inventor: Stewart; Robert B.
Address: Ipswich, MA
No. of patents: 3
Patents:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6846296 |
Apparatus and method for detachably securing a device to a natural heart |
January 25, 2005 |
| Methods and apparatus are disclosed for attaching cardiac devices onto a natural heart by employing arrays of gripping elements, such as hooks or barbs. The gripping elements are designed to penetrate and lodge themselves in the epicardial tissue in order to secure the device to at l |
| 6228023 |
Tissue pick and method for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures |
May 8, 2001 |
| A tissue pick for use during minimally invasive surgeries includes a tissue grasping member disposed at the end of the tissue pick. The tissue grasping member may be rotated, articulated at an angle, axially displaced or otherwise manipulated by controlling the opposite end of the tissue |
| 5662643 |
Laser welding system |
September 2, 1997 |
| A laser welding apparatus and system for surgically bonding tissue together provides a beam of coherent light at a wavelength corresponding to a specific tissue thickness at which full absorption of the laser energy occurs, and adjusts the energy of the laser beam in response to tissue |
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