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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Charles Leland Baxter, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Benjamin Marchi, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for closure of an opening in a medical patient's blood vessel wall is disclosed. It discloses a plug shaft which is: porous; blood absorbing; insertable in an opening in a blood vessel wall; and, at least partially comprises an ECM material. A first cap which is integral with the plug shaft at a proximal end thereof is disclosed. A second cap is integral with the plug shaft. An insertion tube, a pusher, surgical methods of use, and kits, are also disclosed.