Sealing device
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1. A sealing device for percutaneously sealing a percutaneously made puncture in a blood vessel having a vessel wall with inner and outer wall surfaces, said sealing device comprising a first element which is constructed and arranged to be percutaneously inserted into the blood vessel;
- a fixation attachment connected to the first element, said first element being repositionable after insertion into the blood vessel to engage against the inner wall surface, and a second element constructed and arranged to be inserted percutaneously and be moved over the fixation attachment toward and adjacent the wall of the blood vessel and into cooperative relation with said first element about said puncture in said blood vessel to thereby seal the puncture in the blood vessel.
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Abstract
A percutaneously insertable system for sealing punctures in blood vessels includes an element that is percutaneously insertable into and deplorable within a blood vessel, a thread-like member attached to the element that passes through the wall of the blood vessel and arresting element moveable on the thread and into engagement with the other surface of the blood vessel thereby to seal the opening.
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1. A sealing device for percutaneously sealing a percutaneously made puncture in a blood vessel having a vessel wall with inner and outer wall surfaces, said sealing device comprising a first element which is constructed and arranged to be percutaneously inserted into the blood vessel;
- a fixation attachment connected to the first element, said first element being repositionable after insertion into the blood vessel to engage against the inner wall surface, and a second element constructed and arranged to be inserted percutaneously and be moved over the fixation attachment toward and adjacent the wall of the blood vessel and into cooperative relation with said first element about said puncture in said blood vessel to thereby seal the puncture in the blood vessel.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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13. A method for percutaneously sealing a percutaneously made puncture in a blood vessel wall comprising:
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providing a sealing device comprising a first element constructed and arranged to be percutaneously inserted into the blood vessel through the blood vessel wall; a fixation attachment connected to the first element and a second element constructed and arranged to be inserted percutaneously and be moved over the fixation attachment toward and into engagement with the blood vessel, comprising the steps of; percutaneously inserting the first element into the interior of the blood vessel with the fixation attachment extending through the puncture in the blood vessel wall; and moving the second element over the fixation attachment toward and at least partially received within the puncture in the blood vessel wall and defining, between said first and second elements, a seal for the puncture. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 24. In the sealing of a percutaneously made puncture in a blood vessel having inner and outer vessel wall surfaces, a sealing device adapted to seal a percutaneously made puncture, said sealing device comprising a first element constructed and arranged to be received within said blood vessel and in engagement with the inner wall surface thereof, a fixation attachment connected to the first element, and a second element constructed and arranged to be moved over the fixation attachment immediately outward of said first element and in fixed position engagement with said vessel wall and at least partially within said puncture and in mutually retaining relation with said first element for stabilization of said sealing device at and to said blood vessel wall.
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28. A method for percutaneously sealing a percutaneously made puncture in a blood vessel wall comprising:
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providing a sealing device comprising a first element constructed and arranged to be percutaneously inserted into the blood vessel through the blood vessel wall; a fixation attachment connected to the first element and a second element constructed and arranged to be inserted percutaneously and be moved over the fixation attachment toward and into engagement with the blood vessel, comprising the steps of; percutaneously inserting the first element into the interior of the blood vessel with the fixation attachment extending through the puncture in the blood vessel wall; moving the second element over the fixation attachment toward and into engagement with the outside surface of the blood vessel wall, expanding said second element and defining, between said first and second elements, a seal for the puncture.
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