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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Per Egnelöv, Uppsala, SE;
Fredrik Preinitz, Uppsala, SE;
Inventors:
Per Egnelöv, Uppsala, SE;
Fredrik Preinitz, Uppsala, SE;
Assignee:
Radi Medical Systems AB, Uppsala, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in the wall of a blood vessel includes: an insertion tool having an actuator which is operable in a first mode in which the actuator is configured for deployment of an inner seal inside the vessel and operable in a second mode in which the actuator is configured for tamping a locking member on an outside of the vessel, where the actuator is arranged to be set into the second mode in response to a pulling force acting on a filament connecting the inner seal and the locking member.