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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Aaron M. Fortson, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improvement to devices and methods for suturing tissue in various applications, such as percutaneous closure of arterial and venous puncture sites and the like, providing a self-locking or self-securing suture that does not require manual knot-tying to hold in apposition the tissue of the vessel wall on opposite sides of the puncture.