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Methods, devices, and apparatus for managing access through tissue

  • US 8,226,681 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2007
  • Issued: 07/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing access through tissue, comprising:

  • deploying a closure element, having a plurality of tissue engaging portions, to tissue adjacent a tissue opening to bring the plurality of tissue engaging portions of the closure element toward one another to bring tissue together to substantially close the opening following a first procedure; and

    following closing of the tissue opening and following the first procedure and removal of any devices used during the first procedure and removal of a delivery device for deploying the closure element, advancing a distal end of a medical device through the deployed closure element as a part of or before a second procedure to selectively open the tissue opening and transition the deployed closure element from a deployed configuration towards a pre-deployed configuration and move the plurality of tissue engaging portions away from each other.

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