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Insertion assembly and method of inserting a vessel plug into the body of a patient

  • US 5,478,352 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1993
  • Issued: 12/26/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A closure device for sealing an incision formed in the body of a patient wherein the incision extends from the skin of the patient;

  • through the lumen of a blood vessel and into the blood vessel of the patient, said closure device including a plug member comprising;

    an elongate and generally cylindrical vessel plug which is formed of a bioabsorbable material and has distal and proximal end portions and said vessel plug has a lengthwise dimension sufficient to be received in the incision such that said distal end portion is positioned at a first predetermined position in the incision proximally of the lumen of the blood vessel of the patient and said proximal end portion is positioned proximally thereof to obstruct the flow of blood from the blood vessel into the incision.

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