Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscopic heart surgery method
- Patent Title (中): 内镜心脏手术方法
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Application No.: US12757210Application Date: 2010-04-09
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Publication No.: US08747297B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Shunichiro Miyoshi , Yoshiro Okazaki , Michihiro Sugahara , Masayuki Kobayashi
- Applicant: Shunichiro Miyoshi , Yoshiro Okazaki , Michihiro Sugahara , Masayuki Kobayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-048460 20090302; JP2009-285073 20091216
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/12
Abstract:
It is an object to provide an endoscopic heart surgery method with which it is possible to observe an endoscopic image with a stable field of view in the pericardial space. Provided is an endoscopic heart surgery method including an inserting step of inserting an inserted portion of an endoscope into a body from the subxiphoid area and inserting the inserted portion into the pericardial space by penetrating the pericardium in the vicinity of the heart apex; a moving step of advancing the inserted portion toward the base of the heart so that the inserted portion passes through the roof of the pericardial space and is moved toward the heart apex to a treated area in the pericardial space; and an observing step of observing the treated area with the endoscope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100280539A1 ENDOSCOPIC HEART SURGERY METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-11-04
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