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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
James Coleman, Terenure, Dublin 6, IE;
Christy Cummins, Tullamore, County Offaly, IE;
Chris Martin, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, IE;
Thomas Anthony, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, IE;
Sean Morris, Athlone, County Roscommon, IE;
Other;
Abstract
A device for locating a puncture hole in a liquid-carrying vessel such as a blood vessel comprises a hollow tube having front and rear openings respectively at opposite ends of the tube to allow the tube to slide along a guidewire passing through the tube. The front opening comprises a first portion A for slidably accommodating the guidewire and a second portion B to allow liquid from the vessel to flow back through the tube. The device is configured, e.g. by a constriction C, such that a guidewire at least above a certain diameter in the first portion A of the front opening is restrained against moving into the second portion B. Alternatively, the first and second portions A, B of the front opening may be independent of one another.