摘要 |
An artery holder for use in connection with heart surgery, which has a gripping and fixing member ( 1 ) having two co-operating first and second clamp elements ( 9, 10 ) which are arranged to grip muscle tissue ( 4 ) around an artery ( 5 ) in connection with its cut end ( 7 ) and clamp muscle tissue while simultaneously fixing the artery and exposing its cut end. Furthermore, the artery holder has a spring member ( 2 ) to actuate the gripping and fixing member with a predetermiined spring force in order to clamp the muscle tissue, and an actuating member ( 3 ) to actuate the gripping and fixing member against the action of the spring force from the spring member in order to open the clamp elements for receiving muscle tissue therebetween and subsequent release of clamped muscle tissue. |