Plug devices for sealing punctures and methods of use

Details Plug devices for sealing punctures and methods of use Plug devices for sealing punctures and methods of use

1991-10-28

1993-03-09

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

606215, 604 15, A61B 1704

Patent

active

051923025

ABSTRACT:
Closure devices and methods of use for sealing a small, e.g., percutaneous, incisions or punctures. The closure device may take many forms an basically comprises a somewhat elongated plug having a deformable distal end portion including a free end to which a thin retraction filament is connected. The closure device is arranged to be introduced into the body of the being through the incision or puncture by an introducer so that the distal portion of the plug is located on one side of said tissue and its proximal portion is located on the other side of that tissue, with the filament extending through the incision or puncture. The filament is arranged to be grasped and pulled in the proximal direction to deform the distal portion of the plug so that it cannot pass back through the incision or puncture, whereupon the puncture or incision is sealed by the deformed distal portion of the plug. The distal portion of the plug is non-hemostatic so that when the closure is used to seal an incision or puncture in a blood vessel it will not produce any blood clots within the vessel.

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