MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051440 A) filed by Sree Balaji Medical College And Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 22, for 'shunt deployment device for open heart bypass surgery.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram; Dr. Sasikumar P; Dr. Kannan; A. Nagoor Kani; Gowtham. P; and Dr. Prabhu K.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a shunt deployment device for use in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery on a beating heart. The device comprises a guiding cannula with a tapered distal end for atraumatic alignment ...