Plug with detachable guidewire element and methods for use
First Claim
1. An apparatus for sealing a passage through tissue in a body, comprising:
- an elongate delivery device comprising a lumen extending between proximal and distal ends thereof;
a plug member detachably carried by the distal end of the delivery device and comprising a lumen communicating with the lumen of the delivery device, wherein the plug member is configured to be inserted through the tissue;
a guide wire element comprising a proximal end receivable through the lumens in the plug member and the delivery device, the guide wire element comprising a plurality of lateral elements on a distal portion thereof, the plurality of lateral elements having an expanded position and a collapsed position substantially parallel to the delivery device; and
a visual indicator located on a proximal portion of the guide wire element and spaced from the proximal end of the guide wire element and configured for indicating the position of the plug member relative to the plurality of lateral elements in the expanded position.
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Abstract
An apparatus for sealing a passage through tissue includes a bioabsorbable, threaded plug carried by a delivery device. A guide wire is receivable through lumens in the plug and delivery device that includes wings on a bioabsorbable distal portion. With the wings collapsed, the guide wire is advanced through the passage into a blood vessel, the wings expanding once located within the vessel, and the guide wire is withdrawn until the wings contact the vessel wall. The plug is threaded into the passage over the guide wire until the plug is disposed adjacent the wings. The distal portion of the guide wire is secured to the plug, e.g., by compressing a collet within the plug lumen that seals the lumen, and is severed from a proximal portion thereof. Thus, the plug and distal portion are deployed with the plug sealing the passage.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for sealing a passage through tissue in a body, comprising:
- an elongate delivery device comprising a lumen extending between proximal and distal ends thereof;
a plug member detachably carried by the distal end of the delivery device and comprising a lumen communicating with the lumen of the delivery device, wherein the plug member is configured to be inserted through the tissue;
a guide wire element comprising a proximal end receivable through the lumens in the plug member and the delivery device, the guide wire element comprising a plurality of lateral elements on a distal portion thereof, the plurality of lateral elements having an expanded position and a collapsed position substantially parallel to the delivery device; and
a visual indicator located on a proximal portion of the guide wire element and spaced from the proximal end of the guide wire element and configured for indicating the position of the plug member relative to the plurality of lateral elements in the expanded position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- an elongate delivery device comprising a lumen extending between proximal and distal ends thereof;
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13. A method for sealing a passage through tissue from a patient'"'"'s skin to a body lumen, comprising:
- advancing a distal end of a guide wire element from the patient'"'"'s skin through the passage and into the body lumen, the guide wire element comprising one or more lateral elements on the distal end of the guide wire element and also comprising a distal portion separately coupled to a proximal region;
partially withdrawing the guide wire element from the body lumen until the one or more lateral elements contacts a wall of the body lumen;
advancing a plug member detachably carried by the distal end of the delivery device into the passage while the guide wire element is within a plug member lumen and a delivery device lumen until a visual indicator located on a proximal portion of the guide wire element and spaced from a proximal end of the guide wire element indicates that the plug member is adjacent to the one or more lateral elements; and
decoupling and removing a proximal portion of the guide wire element from the passage. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- advancing a distal end of a guide wire element from the patient'"'"'s skin through the passage and into the body lumen, the guide wire element comprising one or more lateral elements on the distal end of the guide wire element and also comprising a distal portion separately coupled to a proximal region;
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