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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher U. Cates, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert C. Hornak, Smyrna, GA (US);
Frank H. Stephens, Jr., Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
CCH Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. The apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.