Webcast: robot-assisted, closed-chest coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure

"Cardica, Inc. has announced the webcast of a robot-assisted, closed-chest coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure performed by internationally-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon Sudhir Srivastava, M.D., of the University of Chicago Medical Center, using Cardica's C-Port® Flex-A® Anastomosis System. Husam H. Balkhy, M.D., chairman of the Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery and head of the robotics program at The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, moderates the procedure and explains critical aspects of the surgery. The 75-minute webcast of this minimally-invasive surgery can be viewed on www.OR-Live.com and accessed through Cardica's website at www.cardica.com. - January 7, 2009 5:00 PM EST"