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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Joseph M. Thielen, Buffalo, MN (US);
Jason P. Hill, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Mark L. Jenson, Greenfield, MN (US);
Michael J. Pikus, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Leonard B. Richardson, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Joel Groff, Montrose, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods of installing a vascular closure device, the vascular closure device adapted for sealing an opening in biological tissue and comprising an anchor, a compressible plug, a cinch and a suture, the method comprising the steps of providing an insertion sheath, inserting the insertion sheath into the opening in the biological tissue, providing a device sheath having the vascular closure device preloaded therein with a proximal portion of the suture attached to the device sheath, subsequent to the step of inserting the insertion sheath, inserting the device sheath into the insertion sheath, and retracting the insertion sheath and device sheath simultaneously, wherein during the retraction, the insertion sheath and the device sheath are fixed to one another and devices adapted to the methods.