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Apparatus and method for positive closure of an internal tissue membrane opening

  • US 5,810,850 A
  • Filed: 09/23/1997
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for closure of an opening in a membrane of a blood vessel, the membrane having a distal side and proximal side, said method comprising:

  • introducing at least two needles in a distal direction through an opening in the skin above the blood vessel opening;

    advancing the two needles through the blood vessel membrane at two suture locations adjacent the blood vessel opening to form penetrations;

    positioning suture material through the penetrations to span the opening in the blood vessel membrane; and

    drawing the suture locations together with said suture material.

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