ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,909, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).
"Devices for cardiac surgery and methods thereof" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.), Angelo John Martellaro (Victor, N.Y.) and Jeremy A. Schiele (Fairport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cardiac surgery is disclosed. The device for cardiac surgery includes an aortic root retractor frame, an introducer, and one or more suture locking apparatuses. The device for cardiac surgery also includes an actuator for releasing the aortic root retractor frame, as well as a deployment mechanism for fully expanding the aortic root retractor fr...