Method of using vagal nerve stimulation in surgery
US5651378A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/1227
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention comprises a method for facilitating coronary surgery on the beating heart wherein the vagal nerve is electrically stimulated to temporarily stop or substantially reduce the beating of the heart. Such temporary stoppage or substantial reduction of the beating of the heart facilitates procedures such as suturing of an anastomosis which would otherwise be more difficult because of the motion induced by the beating heart.
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