Method and apparatus for hemostasis

Details Method and apparatus for hemostasis Method and apparatus for hemostasis

1996-09-17

1998-03-17

Schmidt, Jeffrey A.

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

606 1, 128899, A61B 1700

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057281343

ABSTRACT:
A method for hemostasis of an artery having a puncture after arterial catheterization, the catheterization using an introducer sheath, the method including the steps of inserting a catheter with a first balloon into the introducer sheath, positioning the first balloon against an outside surface of a wall of the artery at the puncture, inflating the first balloon against the outside surface of the artery at the puncture, and maintaining the first balloon against the puncture so that the first balloon substantially seals blood flow from the puncture so as to achieve hemostasis.

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Anglo-Seal, Haemostatic Puncture Closure Device, Sherwood Medical International, 1915 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-1642, 1995.

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