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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Essential Medical, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Greg Walters, Exton, PA (US);
Joseph T. Grintz, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Julie Lin, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Essential Medical, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00672 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3904 (2016.02);
Abstract
Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.