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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE CLOSURE

  • US 20090125056A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2008
  • Published: 05/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for closing a puncture in a vessel wall comprising:

  • an anchor shaft,an anchor coupled to a distal end of the anchor shaft wherein the anchor is deployed within a vessel lumen and moved into contact with an inner surface of a vessel wall,a heating element for passing over the anchor shaft to a position a predetermined distance from the anchor, wherein the heating element is not within the vessel lumen, andwherein tissue is compressed between the anchor and the heating element during activation of the heating element.

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