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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Christopher L. Hruska, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael W. Hardert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Christopher L. Hruska, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael W. Hardert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for closing a body opening in a patient is disclosed. The method comprises positioning a delivery catheter within the body opening. The delivery catheter includes a closure device comprising a distal occluding body and a proximal occluding body. The closure device is collapsibly disposed within a distal end of the delivery catheter. The method further includes deploying the closure device from the delivery catheter about the body opening such that a distal frame of the distal occluding body expands to its expanded configuration at a distal end of the body opening and a proximal frame of the proximal occluding body expands to its expanded configuration at an opposing proximal end of the body opening.