St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC

JyueBoon Lim

Catherine A Pipenhagen

William R Fiehler

Neil Joseph Modeland

Melissa K Gardner

Gary James Schorr

Janet L Jacobsen

A vascular closure device, having an insertion sheath and a vascular closure implant positioned at least partially in the insertion sheath. The vascular closure implant may have an anchor element, the anchor element including an expandable material, a first puncture contact portion, a bend portion connected to the first puncture contact portion, the bend portion including a bend, and a second puncture contact portion connected to the bend portion. The vascular closure implant may also include a plug element coupled to the bend portion of the anchor element. The anchor element may be formed of an expandable material having the same or a different expansion rate than a material forming the plug element. The vascular closure device may additionally include a locator tube having a vessel locator positioned at least partially in the locator tube. The vessel locator may also have an elongated member that includes a superelastic material.

Vascular closure device with a plug having a variable expansion rate and method for using the same

A vessel locator apparatus () having a locator housing, and an elongated cavity defined in the locator housing, is described. The vessel locator apparatus include a superelastic wire () positioned at least partially in the elongated cavity, the superelastic having a proximal end and a distal end. The superelastic wire may have an elongated portion extending in a substantially longitudinal direction and a distal locator portion having an original shape configuration. The original shape configuration of distal locator portion may include a first curved segment, a second curved segment, an intermediate segment extending between the first curved segment and the second curved segment, and an end segment extending between the second curved segment and the distal end of the superelastic wire. A method of locating a vessel, such as a blood vessel, using a vessel locator apparatus is also described.

Vascular locator device and method for locating a vessel

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