Patent ID: 6027476
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A system for facilitating a surgical procedure on or around a patient's heart comprising:a device positionable in the patient's chest wall for forming a viewing passage through the patient's chest wall for viewing the interior of the patient's chest cavity with the patient's sternum at least partially intact;an aortic occlusion device for internally occluding the patient's ascending aorta at a location between the patient's coronary arteries and the brachiocephalic artery;a cardiopulmonary bypass system, including an arterial return lumen to direct oxygenated blood into the patient's arterial system downstream from the occluded ascending aorta;a delivery lumen for delivering cardioplegic fluid to the heart; andsurgical tools which can be manipulated from outside the chest cavity for operating on and around the heart.