Device for sealing percutaneous puncture in a vessel
CA 1322922 C · Owner: Kensey Nash Corporation · Inventors: Kensey, Kenneth
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A device (100 200) and method for sealing a puncture or incision (28) formed percutaneously in tissue separating two internal portions of the body of a living being e.g. a, puncture or incision in an artery (24) in the gall bladder, in, the liver, in the heart etc. The device comprises plug means, having a holding portion (106) which is adapted to engage portions of the tissue adjacent the puncture or incision to hold the plug means in place and a sealing portion (102) formed of an expandable material which expands automatically in response to the ambient surroundings and which extends through the puncture or incision (28) to engage the tissue contiguous therewith to seal the puncture or …
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- Granted October 12, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 12, 2010.
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