MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2006--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT - News) today announced introduction of the Medtronic Octopus® Evolution Tissue Stabilizer, the latest in a 10-year series of innovative cardiac surgery instruments. The Octopus Evolution tissue stabilizer is used in beating-heart surgery, with suction pods holding the surface tissue of the heart stable while the surgeon attaches a transplanted vessel around blockages in the coronary arteries. This latest stabilizer provides a new range of options to help the surgeon easily position the device on any target area of the heart surface, stabilize the suture site to a degree unattainable before, and then work with unimpeded view as the bypass is sutured in place.
