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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 1995
Robert Pecor, Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy C. Mills, Belvedere Tiburon, CA (US);
Howard Taymor-Luria, Belvedere, CA (US);
Clifford E. Currier, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Mark A. Konno, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Charles R. Mooney, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
David J. Evans, Irvine, CA (US);
Luchy D. Roteliuk, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The method, device and system for electrical sealing of a puncture opening in a blood vessel wall. In a first embodiment, a vascular sealing probe has two bipolar electrodes formed thereon, is insertable to a position whereat the bipolar tip is adjacent the blood vessel puncture site to effect electrocauterization or electrocoagulation of the puncture site. In a second embodiment the bipolar vascular sealing probe has a first electrode formed thereon and an electrode-guide wire has the second bipolar electrode formed thereon. The electrode-guide wire is passable through a lumen formed in the probe such that the second electrode on the electrode-guide wire is positioned close enough to the first electrode positioned on the probe to permit electrical current to pass therebetween.