Does octopus get a circumflex?

1. What is octopus in CABG?
2. What did the ancient Greeks call the octopus?
3. What is the use of octopus instrument?

What is octopus in CABG?

The Octopus Tissue Stabilizer consists of two suction paddles that are placed in parallel on either side of the coronary artery and it utilizes suction pressure of 300–400 mm Hg to effectively immobilize the target site.

What did the ancient Greeks call the octopus?

In ancient Greek, the octopus was called polypous or polupous (many-footed), a word used by Pliny and Aristotle and later borrowed into Latin as polypus. Beginning in the early 1500s, “polypus” was also used in English (as well as Dutch) as a name for the octopus.

What is the use of octopus instrument?

The 'mechanical octopus', a steerable laparoscopic instrument used for minimally invasive surgery in the abdominal cavity, has been used for the first time in an operating room.