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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Douglas P. Killion, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Robert M. Vidlund, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Christopher U. Cates, Amelia Island, FL (US);
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for sealing a puncture in a patient includes a sealing component including an elongate control member configured to pass through a puncture in skin of a patient. The sealing component also includes an expandable member disposed near a distal end of the control member, and a tip releasably attached to the elongate control member distal to the expandable member. The device also includes a sealing material delivery component including a delivery tube through which the control member of the sealing component is configured to extend. The delivery tube is configured to deliver sealing material through an opening in a distal end of the delivery tube.