Patent ID: 8376939

Claim:
Coronary artery retraction and CO 2 dispensing device for retracting tissue and/or fat around and inside the coronary artery during coronary anastomosis and a CO 2 supplying device capable of blowing CO 2 on the coronary artery during a bypass procedure while the retracting means holds and keeps the fat away from the artery; the device comprising a wire including a couple of elastic arms including a couple of hook-like retracting means attached separately to each arm extending first downwards and then outwards away from a central region of the device, a couple of grabbing means shaped as rounded wire portions extending from the lower side of each elastic arm beginning and terminating separately on each arm such that the grabbing means are not directly in contact with the retracting means, and a CO 2 supplying means on each arm including at least one gas intake on one end and a gas outlet over said retracting means.