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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Applicant:
D. Bruce Modesitt, San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventor:
D. Bruce Modesitt, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arstasis, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices and methods for accessing and closing vascular sites are disclosed. Self-sealing closure devices and methods are disclosed. A device that can make both steeply sloping and flat access paths into a vascular lumen is disclosed. The device can also form arteriotomies with sections cleaved between a vessel's intima and adventitia. Methods for using the device are also disclosed.