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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Christy Cummins, Naas, IE;
Robert Stevenson, Clontarf, IE;
Inventors:
Christy Cummins, Naas, IE;
Robert Stevenson, Clontarf, IE;
Assignee:
Abbott Vascular Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clip for closing a puncture hole in a blood vessel comprises a ringhaving a resiliently expandable circumference and a plurality of barbed prongsextending at least approximately in the same direction from one edge of the ring. A device for deploying such a clip is also described.