Patent ID: 8133175

Claim:
A device for temporarily immobilizing a tissue in an area of a pulsating blood vessel during a cardiac and thoracic surgical intervention, comprising a pod which can be placed onto a tissue beneath a pulsating blood vessel, said pod having a rigid holder supporting a flexible element, said flexible element having suction openings in an area of contact with said tissue, said pod having a connector piece for connecting to a suction source, wherein a flexibility of said flexible element is in that said flexible element adapts to a shape of said tissue in said area of contact when placed on said tissue; wherein said holder has a body designed as a strip, said strip having a side facing said tissue, at least one retaining plug protrudes from said side, said at least one retaining plug configured to receive said flexible element, wherein said flexible element is designed as a tube piece which at one end is pushed onto said connector piece and at the other end is pushed onto said at least one retaining plug of said strip.