PATIENT SAFETY RESTRAINTS IMMOBILIZING

Brand Owner Address Description
MEDAIDE CHIEF SUPPLY CORPORATION 8604 Cliff Cameron Drive Charlotte NC 28269 Patient safety restraints and immobilizing devices for limbs and joints, for emergency safety use;
 

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Technical Examples
  1. A method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue. In particular, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue within a patient's body cavity. In one embodiment, the tissue immobilized is heart tissue to thereby permit surgery on a coronary vessel in that area without significant deterioration of the pumping function of the beating heart. The local area of heart tissue is immobilized to a degree sufficient to permit minimally invasive or micro-surgery on that area of the heart. The apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue includes a first tissue engaging member and a second tissue engaging member coupled to a spreader The spreader is operated by an actuator to selectively control the movement of the first tissue engager and the second tissue engager The method for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue includes controlling the spreading of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member so a selective amount of spreading occurs.