Vascular sealing device with high surface area sealing plug
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Abstract
An internal tissue puncture closure method and apparatus. The method and apparatus provide a folded sealing plug that provides more surface area than conventional plugs to more fully cover and seal an external situs of an internal tissue puncture. The folded sealing plug may have a weave pattern that tends to cause the sealing plug to corkscrew into the internal tissue puncture as it is compressed toward an anchor placed inside of the tissue puncture.
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69 Claims
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42. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including an anchor and a sealing plug;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
compressing the sealing plug and the anchor to close the hole, wherein the sealing plug twists as the sealing plug and the anchor are compressed. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including a filament, an anchor, and a sealing plug, wherein the filament extends through a first plurality of holes in the sealing plug, through the anchor, and through a second plurality of holes in the sealing plug;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
tensioning the filament to compress the sealing plug and the anchor and thereby close the hole. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including an anchor and a sealing plug;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
compressing the sealing plug and the anchor to close the hole, wherein the sealing plug corkscrews as the sealing plug and the anchor are compressed. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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56. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including a filament, an anchor, and a sealing plug, wherein the filament extends through the sealing plug in a spiral weave configuration;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
compressing the sealing plug and the anchor to close the hole. - View Dependent Claims (57)
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58. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including a filament, an anchor, and a sealing plug, wherein the filament extends through a first hole in the sealing plug, through the anchor, and through a second hole in the sealing plug, the anchor being positioned at least substantially in the middle of the sealing plug;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
tensioning the filament to compress the sealing plug and the anchor and thereby close the hole. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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61. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including an anchor and a sealing plug, wherein the sealing plug includes at least two separate components;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
compressing the sealing plug and the anchor to close the hole. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
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64. A method of closing a hole in a blood vessel, the method comprising:
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moving a closure device through the hole and into the blood vessel, the closure device including an anchor and a sealing plug, wherein at least one of the following is true regarding the sealing plug;
(a) the sealing plug has a generally V-shape when the sealing plug is open, (b) the sealing plug has a generally X-shaped cross section, (c) the sealing plug is folded to have a generally S-shape when the sealing plug is positioned in the closure device in an undeployed configuration, or (d) the sealing plug is folded latitudinally to have a generally rectangular shape when the sealing plug is positioned in the closure device in an undeployed configuration;
positioning the anchor adjacent to the hole inside the blood vessel;
positioning the sealing plug adjacent to the hole outside the blood vessel; and
compressing the sealing plug and the anchor to close the hole. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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