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Medtronic Octopus(R)4 Surgical Solutions: Available with Starfish(TM)2 or Urchin(TM) Heart Positioner
MEDTRONIC, INC.
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The Octopus(R)4 Tissue Stabilizer provides Best in Class device technology for beating heart surgery. You choose the positioner option that best meets your needs. Both the Starfish(TM)2 and the Urchin(TM) heart positioners provide excellent access to target coronaries. All 3 devices have an innovative turret design that increases effective arm reach which dramatically increases positioning options with 360 degree movement.
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PRODUCT FEATURES
- The Octopus(R)4 device has innovative features such as clear, malleable pods combined with a smaller diameter, more flexible arm and an ultra-low profile headlink. Other important features include:
1. Single vacuum tubing line minimizes obstruction
2. Rigid, multi-material arm reduces movement at the anastomotic site.
3. Smaller, color coded whale-tail provides minimal obstruction.
4. Pod spreading optimizes sewing space and stability of anastomotic site. - The Starfish(TM)2 and Urchin(TM)heart positioners:
1. Provide enhanced access to lateral wall with "off-apex" position.
2. Optimize performance of tissue stabilizer.
3. Minimize hemodynamic deterioration associated with beating heart manipulation when compared to deep pericardial sutures (ref).
4. Offer flexible, low-profile mounting options with turret design. - The Starfish(TM)2 device features a multi-appendance silicone suction cup with a smaller profile that enhances visualization. Utilizes -400 mmHg. The Urchin(TM) device has a silicone suction apparatus that provides virtually immediate tissue capture. Utilizes -250 mmHg.
- Both heart positioners share the following features:
1. New swivel headlink greatly increases positioning options; maintains more natural bellows position.
2. High-flow flexible tubing allows easier positioning after attachment to the heart.
3. Innovative turret design mentioned previously.
4. Smaller color coded whaletail provides minimal obstruction. - Reference: Grundeman, P, et al. Ninety degrees anterior cardiac displacement in off-pump CABG: the Starfish cardiac positioner preserves stroke volume and arterial pressure. Presented at ISMICS 2002.