Device and method for sealing puncture wounds
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method for sealing a puncture in a blood vessel separated from the skin of a patient by a layer of tissue, said layer of tissue including a tissue channel communicating between said puncture and the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a hemostatic material into said tissue channel, andadvancing said hemostatic material through said tissue channel to a position adjacent the outside wall of said blood vessel in a manner such that said hemostatic material is never freely exposed within the lumen of the blood vessel during said advancement.
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Abstract
A device is proposed for inserting hemostatic material through a tissue channel and against the outside wall of a blood vessel of a patient, wherein the blood vessel wall has a puncture therein adjacent the tissue channel. The device includes a charge of hemostatic material and a hollow sheath adapted to pass through the tissue channel, the sheath having a cross sectional profile larger than the puncture. The device places the hemostatic material in the hollow sheath and advances the hemostatic material through the sheath to the outside of the vessel wall around the puncture.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for sealing a puncture in a blood vessel separated from the skin of a patient by a layer of tissue, said layer of tissue including a tissue channel communicating between said puncture and the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising the steps of:
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inserting a hemostatic material into said tissue channel, and advancing said hemostatic material through said tissue channel to a position adjacent the outside wall of said blood vessel in a manner such that said hemostatic material is never freely exposed within the lumen of the blood vessel during said advancement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for sealing a puncture in a blood vessel separated from the skin of a patient by a layer of tissue, said layer of tissue including a tissue channel communicating between said puncture and the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising the steps of:
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inserting a hollow sheath into said tissue channel, said sheath having a cross-section which is larger than the cross-section of said puncture, inserting a hemostatic material into said hollow sheath; and advancing said hemostatic material through said hollow sheath to a position adjacent the outside wall of said blood vessel in a manner such that said hemostatic material is never freely exposed within the lumen of the blood vessel during said advancement. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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