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Apparatus and methods for facilitating access through a puncture including sealing compound therein

  • US 20050245876A1
  • Filed: 04/22/2005
  • Published: 11/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for introducing an instrument into a body lumen of a patient through a puncture extending from the patient'"'"'s skin to the body lumen, comprising:

  • a guidewire;

    a sealing compound in a form that can be delivered into the puncture around the guidewire; and

    an instrument introducer assembly comprising a tubular sheath having a proximal end, a distal end shaped for insertion into the puncture, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to an opening in the distal end, and a flexible, thin-walled sleeve comprising first and second ends, and a hub on the first end disposed adjacent the distal end of the sheath, the second end extending into the distal opening and lumen of the sheath, the hub being slidable along an exterior of the sheath for drawing the sleeve out of the distal sheath opening and along the sheath exterior.

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