ENDOSCOPIC BEATING-HEART STABILIZER AND VESSEL OCCLUSION FASTENER

摘要

Devices, systems and methods related to endoscopic surgery, particularly related to robotic surgical operations, provide a tissue stabilizer (1000) for endoscopically stabilizing a target tissue (1014) within a patent's body. For stabilizing a beating heart (H) during a closed-chest coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, a stabilizer (1000) is inserted through an endoscopic cannula and provides sufficient surface area to contact the heart and effectively stabilize the target tissue area. The stabilizer can straddle a blood vessel, such as a coronary artery (CA), which is targeted for an anastomosis. Vessel occlusion fasteners may occlude the target blood vessel prior to the anastomosis procedure.