Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,685,632 · App. 09/958,263
Surgical instruments for accessing and stabilizing a localized portion of a beating heart
Inventors:
Lawrence W. Hu, David J. Paul, Eugene E. Reis, Harry Leonard Green, II, Joshua Wallin, Dwight P. Morejohn, Charles S. Taylor, Gary Weller, Richard M. Ferrari
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 3, 2004
Filed: Mar 6, 2002
Inventors
Lawrence W. Hu
David J. Paul
Eugene E. Reis
Harry Leonard Green, II
Joshua Wallin
Dwight P. Morejohn
Charles S. Taylor
Gary Weller
Richard M. Ferrari
Assignee (at issue)
Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc.
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