Vascular sealing device with high surface area sealing plug
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1. A tissue puncture closure device for partial insertion into and sealing of an internal tissue wall puncture, comprising:
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a filament;
an anchor configured to be inserted through the tissue puncture, the anchor being attached to the filament at a first end of the closure device;
a sealing plug positioned in the carrier tube, the sealing plug comprising;
a first plurality of holes including one hole in the sealing plug, the first plurality of holes forming a first weave pattern in a first portion of the sealing plug, wherein a first portion of the filament extends from a first side of the anchor and passes through the first plurality of holes;
a second plurality of holes including another hole in the sealing plug, the second plurality of holes forming a second weave pattern in a second portion of the sealing plug, wherein a second portion of the filament extends from a second side of the anchor and passes through the second plurality of holes;
wherein the filament passes through the one hole in the sealing plug to a hole in the anchor and back through the another hole in the sealing plug;
wherein the one hole in the sealing plug is the last hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through before entering the hole in the anchor and the another hole in the sealing plug is the first hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through after exiting the hole in the anchor; and
wherein the filament passes through at least four holes in the sealing plug.
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Abstract
An internal tissue puncture closure method and apparatus. The method and apparatus provide a folded sealing plug that provides more surface area than conventional plugs to more fully cover and seal an external situs of an internal tissue puncture. The folded sealing plug may have a weave pattern that tends to cause the sealing plug to corkscrew into the internal tissue puncture as it is compressed toward an anchor placed inside of the tissue puncture.
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39 Claims
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1. A tissue puncture closure device for partial insertion into and sealing of an internal tissue wall puncture, comprising:
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a carrier tube; a filament; an anchor configured to be inserted through the tissue puncture, the anchor being attached to the filament at a first end of the closure device; a sealing plug positioned in the carrier tube, the sealing plug comprising; a first plurality of holes including one hole in the sealing plug, the first plurality of holes forming a first weave pattern in a first portion of the sealing plug, wherein a first portion of the filament extends from a first side of the anchor and passes through the first plurality of holes; a second plurality of holes including another hole in the sealing plug, the second plurality of holes forming a second weave pattern in a second portion of the sealing plug, wherein a second portion of the filament extends from a second side of the anchor and passes through the second plurality of holes; wherein the filament passes through the one hole in the sealing plug to a hole in the anchor and back through the another hole in the sealing plug; wherein the one hole in the sealing plug is the last hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through before entering the hole in the anchor and the another hole in the sealing plug is the first hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through after exiting the hole in the anchor; and wherein the filament passes through at least four holes in the sealing plug. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A tissue puncture sealing device, comprising:
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an internal component configured to be positioned against an internal wall of a bodily lumen, the internal component comprising a stiff member; an external component configured to be positioned external to the lumen, the external component being folded so that one portion of the external component is in contact with another portion of the external component, the external component comprising a sponge material; wherein the external component is operatively connected to the internal component by a filament configured to compress and hold the internal and external components together to prevent fluid from passing through a puncture in the bodily lumen; wherein the filament passes through one hole in the external component to a hole in the internal component and back through another hole in the external component, the external component being folded between the one hole in the external component and the another hole in the external component; wherein the filament only passes once through each one of the one hole and the another hole; and wherein the tissue puncture sealing device is in an undeployed configuration. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An internal tissue puncture closure device, comprising:
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an anchor for insertion through a tissue puncture; a filament threaded through the anchor; a flexible sealing plug aft ached to the anchor by the filament; wherein the sealing plug comprises two cross members each of which includes a plurality of holes which extend therethrough; wherein the filament extends through the plurality of holes in each of the two cross members; wherein the filament alternately extends through the plurality of holes in the two cross members in a spiral pattern; and wherein the tissue puncture sealing device is configured so that applying a tension force to the filament moves the anchor and the sealing plug together. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A tissue puncture sealing device, comprising:
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a filament; an anchor attached to the filament and configured to be inserted through a tissue wall puncture; and a sealing plug disposed proximal of the anchor, the sealing plug including a first plurality of openings and a second plurality of openings; wherein the filament passes through at least two openings from the first plurality of openings, through the anchor, and back through at least two openings from the second plurality of openings; wherein the sealing plug is tri-folded into substantially an S-shape wherein each fold is aligned substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the sealing plug; and wherein the filament weaves between the anchor and the first plurality of openings in a nonlinear pattern. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A tissue puncture closure device for partial insertion into and sealing of an internal tissue wall puncture, comprising:
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an insertion sheath having first and second ends; a carrier tube disposed inside the insertion sheath, the carrier tube having first and second ends; an anchor disposed inside the insertion sheath at the first end thereof, the anchor being disposed outside of the carrier tube at the first end thereof, wherein a portion of the anchor is positioned radially adjacent to an outer diameter of the carrier tube; a sealing plug disposed inside the carrier tube at the first end thereof; wherein the sealing plug is folded at least once; and wherein the tissue puncture closure device is in an undeployed configuration when the tissue puncture closure device is not inserted into a patient; wherein the sealing plug is tri-folded into an S-shape, wherein each fold is aligned substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the sealing plug.
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31. A tissue puncture closure device, comprising:
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an anchor configured to be inserted through a tissue puncture; a sealing plug that is compressible; and a filament configured to couple the anchor and the sealing plug together, the sealing plug being configured to compress when a tension force is applied to the filament; wherein the sealing plug is generally X-shaped in cross section; wherein the sealing plug comprises two cross members which form the X-shaped cross section; and wherein the filament alternately extends through holes in the two cross members in a spiral pattern.
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32. A tissue puncture closure device, comprising:
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a carrier tube; an anchor configured to be inserted through a tissue puncture, the anchor comprising a stiff member; a sealing plug that is compressible, the sealing plug comprising a sponge material; and a filament configured to couple the anchor and the sealing plug together; wherein the filament passes through one hole in the sealing plug, though a hole in the anchor, and back Through another hole in the sealing plug, wherein the filament only passes once through each one of the one hole and the another hole; and wherein the sealing plug is positioned in the carrier tube in an undeployed configuration; and wherein the one hole is in one leg portion of the sealing plug and the another hole is in another leg portion of the sealing plug. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A tissue puncture closure device, comprising:
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an anchor configured to be inserted through a tissue puncture; a sealing plug including a first component and a second component, the first component being separate from the second component; and a filament configured to couple the anchor and the sealing plug together when the anchor and the sealing plug are deployed; wherein the first component and the second component each have a general U-shape; wherein the filament passes through one hole in the first component and one hole in the second component before passing through a hole in the anchor and wherein the filament passes through another hole in the first component and another hole in the second component after passing through the hole in the anchor. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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