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ESTECH Issued Patent for Instrument That Enables Beating Heart Surgery and other Cardiac Surgical ProceduresDanville, CA, March 1, 2005- Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (ESTECH), a medical device company focused on the development and sale of products for use in cardiovascular surgery procedures, was issued a patent covering their Universal Stabilizer Arm (USA) Instrument. The instrument is used to enable Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) procedures and facilitate precise heart valve repair and replacement techniques.ESTECH pioneered the field of Beating Heart Surgery in 1997 with the concept of attaching a stabilizer arm to a sternal retractor; this design was copied by other manufactures and has become the standard for "Off Pump" Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) procedures. The technique has grown in popularity because it eliminates potential side effects caused by arresting the patient's heart and using heart-lung bypass equipment. Worldwide nearly 30% of all CABG procedures are done using OPCAB techniques. Ray Bertolero Vice President of ESTECH said "This patent covers design advancements that offer surgeons superior performance from the ESTECH USA product" he went on to say "the USA product enables a variety of procedures and is widely recognized as the providing the best exposure for heart valve surgery and the most stable platform for OPCAB." ESTECH has an extensive portfolio of intellectual property relating to methods and devices in the area of cardiac surgery. ESTECH expects issuance of several more patents in the upcoming months and is applying for new patents to cover ongoing development projects. About ESTECH ESTECH is a headquartered in San Ramon, CA and offers tools for least Invasive techniques and traditional approaches to the procedures that cardiac surgeons do every day - Coronary Artery Bypass, Valve Surgery, Atrial Ablation and Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure. Note to Editors: ESTECH, Inc., Least Invasive Cardiac Surgery and "Cobra" are trademarks owned by or licensed to Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.
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