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Device and method for sealing puncture wounds

  • US 6,325,789 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/1999
  • Issued: 12/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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 comprisinginserting a charge of hemostatic material in the form of a liquid or paste 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 said blood vessel during said advancement.

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