Patent ID: 9044169
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A heart size measuring tool, including: a tubular body; a flexible measuring cord having length indicia; a measuring cord support mechanism movable between a retracted collapsed position with the measuring cord in a collapsed position at least partly within the tubular body, and an extended measuring position with respect to the body with the measuring cord in the measuring position outside the body to drive the measuring cord extended around a portion of a heart to be measured in the measuring position, wherein the measuring cord support mechanism includes a plurality of elongated members connected to the measuring cord; an actuating mechanism to move the measuring cord support mechanism between the retracted collapsed position and the extended measuring position; and further including a scale on the body that cooperates with the length indicia on the measuring cord to provide a visual indication of a length of the measuring cord around the heart when the measuring cord is in the measuring position.