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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Juan-pablo Mas, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventor:
Juan-Pablo Mas, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for closing a percutaneous vascular puncture with anchors at the distal ends of wires temporarily implanted in extravascular tissue adjacent the puncture. The wires are tensioned to draw the tissue together to approximate the edges of the puncture. The wires are retained in that position while the blood in the region of the arteriotomy clots. When hemostasis has been achieved, the anchoring wires then can be removed.