Sealing plug for an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ
First Claim
1. Sealing plug for an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, especially a blood vessel, comprising a sealing means insertable into the opening, which seals the same, and retaining means arranged on the sealing means, which anchor the sealing means in the wall.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a sealing plug for an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, in particular a blood vessel, to a device for placing such a sealing plug in such an opening, to a surgery kit for percutaneously sealing an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, in particular a blood vessel, and to a method for percutaneously sealing of an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body.
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- 1. Sealing plug for an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, especially a blood vessel, comprising a sealing means insertable into the opening, which seals the same, and retaining means arranged on the sealing means, which anchor the sealing means in the wall.
- 17. Surgery kit for sealing an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, especially a blood vessel, comprising a sleeve which can be inserted into a sluice tube placed in the opening, a sealing plug which is arranged in the sleeve, and a pusher to push the sealing plug out of the sleeve.
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25. Device for the application of a sealing plug into an opening in a wall of a vessel or hollow organ of an animal or human body, especially a blood vessel, comprising a sleeve for inserting into a sluice tube which is disposed in the opening, whereby the sleeve is constructed to receive a sealing plug, and a pusher for pushing the sealing plug out of the sleeve.
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28. Method for percutaneously sealing of openings in walls of vessels or hollow organs of a human or an animal body, especially of arterial or venous puncture sites, comprising the steps:
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(a) inserting a sluice tube into the opening;
(b) providing a sealing plug in a sleeve;
(c) inserting the sleeve with the sealing plug provided therein, into the sluice tube;
(d) pushing the sealing plug out of the sleeve which was inserted into the sluice tube, by means of a pusher, so that the sealing plug is placed in the opening in such a way that the opening is essentially sealed.
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