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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick E Virnich, Norwalk, CT (US);
Salvatore Castro, Seymour, CT (US);
Dragomir C Marinkovich, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606142 ; 606139 ; 227901 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for closing a punctured blood vessel is described. The method includes providing a clip applier adapted to apply one or more surgical clips to at least a portion of the exterior of a blood vessel in order to close a puncture wound therein. In a preferred embodiment, the clip applier is guided to the puncture by a guide wire and one or more surgical clips are applied to close the puncture wound.
Published as:
CA2182070A1; EP0756851A2; EP0756851A3; US5810846A; CA2182070C; EP0756851B1; DE69636300D1; ES2264130T3; DE69636300T2;