Device for closing an arterial puncture and method

Details Device for closing an arterial puncture and method Device for closing an arterial puncture and method

1999-04-01

2000-09-19

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

606153, A61B 1708

Patent

active

061205249

ABSTRACT:
A patch that is deployed inside an artery and the like to close a puncture in the artery, is described. The patch includes an enclosing support having a sheet of microporous material secured to a perimeter thereof and at least two protrusions extending from the support. The patch is deployed inside the artery and then pulled up against the artery wall by strings connected to the patch to thereby seal the puncture.

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patent: 4259959 (1981-04-01), Walker
patent: 5254127 (1993-10-01), Wholey
patent: 5383897 (1995-01-01), Wholey
patent: 5634936 (1997-06-01), Linden et al.

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