New device for heart bypass could lead to safer surgery
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
St Jude Medical has completed its first clinical study of the Aortic Connector System, a suture-free device designed to simplify coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The system uses mechanical connectors instead of sutures to rapidly connect a graft to a patient's aorta (anastamosis) without stopping the heart.