Radi Medical Systems Ab

Per Egnel&ouml;v

Dan Akerfeldt

Fredrik Preinitz

Iwar Sj&ouml;gren

Dan &angst;kerfeldt

A guiding tool for controllable and reversible folding or deformation of a wound closure element before insertion into a percutaneous incision or puncture in the wall of e.g. a blood vessel, said incision or puncture being smaller than said wound closure element in an unfolded or undeformed state. It comprises a tubular member having a lumen. The lumen has inner walls provided with wound closure element guiding surfaces, adapted to reversibly reduce the spatial extension of a wound closure element during its passage through the guiding tool. A system for the introduction and securing of a wound closure element into a percutaneous incision or puncture in the wall of a vessel comprises such a guiding tool.

Guiding tool for wound closure element

The invention relates to an air cushion unit ( ) of single use type for stopping bleeding. The unit ( ) comprises a base plate ( ) and an inflatable air cushion ( ) attached to the base plate ( ). The air cushion ( ) comprises a reinforced portion ( ), integral with the cushion surface, and extending radially along the inside of the cushion, and corresponding to an area of contact with a wound site.

Inflatable hemostat having reinforced portion

The invention relates to a device for performing hemostasis at two symmetrically located puncture sites in the femoral arteries or veins of a patient. It comprises a beam member (,) provided with two attachment devices (,) for pressure pads. There are belts for securing the device to the patient to provide a pressure on the puncture sites, and means (,) for adjusting the distance between said attachment. The invention also provides a method of controlled hemostasis at two puncture sites in each femoral artery or vein of a patient after catheterization, comprising providing a beam member having two pressure pads, adapted to bear against each puncture site, adjusting the center-to-center distance of said pressure pads by moving at least one of said pressure pads along said beam member, applying said pressure pads at said puncture sites, securing said beam member carrying said pressure pads to the body of said patient, by tightening a belt around the body.

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Uppsala, Sweden

Per Egnelöv

Growing community of inventors

Uppsala, Sweden

Per Egnel&ouml;v

Per Egnelöv