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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico Llc, Caguas, PR (US);
Catherine A. Pipenhagen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Melissa K. Gardner, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Jyue Boon Lim, New Brighton, MN (US);
William R. Fiehler, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Gary J. Schorr, St. Paul, MN (US);
Janet L. Jacobsen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC, Caguas, PR (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a device are shown and disclosed for closing a vascular access puncture site following percutaneous diagnostic or therapeutic interventional procedures. The vascular closure device is configured to safely and accurately deploy a sealing material that undergoes a phase change when deployed inside the tissue tract. The sealing material may be a solid at room temperature and a liquid or gel at body temperature. Also, the sealing material may change from a liquid or gel to a cubic phase when it comes into contact with bodily fluids.