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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
John L. Loewen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/28 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); F16K 5/10 (2006.01); F16K 31/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/0606 (2013.01); A61M 39/0613 (2013.01); A61M 39/288 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); A61M 2039/062 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hemostatic valve apparatus used in medical procedures that provides rapid activation of a sealing mechanism resulting in lower blood loss during use of the sealing device. The valve apparatus incorporates an actuator and two mechanisms that counter-rotate opposite ends of a sealing tube.