| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6179863 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
January 30, 2001 |
| A system, a closure, and method of use for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel. The puncture includes an opening in the vessel wall and a tract leading to the opening. The system includes an introducer sheath and associated positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, |
| 5935147 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
August 10, 1999 |
| A system, a closure, and method of use for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel. The puncture includes an opening in the vessel wall and a tract leading to the opening. The system includes an introducer sheath and associated positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, |
| 5728114 |
Apparatus and methods of use for preventing blood seepage at a percutaneous puncture site |
March 17, 1998 |
| Apparatus and methods of use for reducing bleeding from the situs of a percutaneous arterial puncture in a living being, with the opening in the arterial wall having been closed by a closure including at least one portion of a suture extending out of the puncture. The apparatus basically |
| 5707393 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
January 13, 1998 |
| A system, a closure, and method of use for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel. The puncture includes an opening in the vessel wall and a tract leading to the opening. The system includes an introducer sheath and associated positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, |
| 5700277 |
Hemostatic vessel puncture closure with filament lock |
December 23, 1997 |
| A hemostatic closure for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel. The puncture includes a tract leading to it from the skin of the being. The closure comprises a rigid, resorbable material anchor having a reinforcement strip therein, a compressed collagen plug, a thin filament |
| 5681334 |
Apparatus and methods of use for preventing blood seepage at a percutaneous puncture site |
October 28, 1997 |
| Apparatus and methods of use for reducing bleeding from the situs of a percutaneous arterial puncture in a living being, with the opening in the arterial wall having been closed by a closure including at least one portion of a suture extending out of the puncture. The apparatus basically |
| 5676689 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system including vessel location device and method of use |
October 14, 1997 |
| A system for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel in a living being and method of use thereof. The system includes a hemostatic closure, a blood vessel locator device for determining the position of the blood vessel via the percutaneous puncture, and a deployment instrument |
| 5549633 |
Apparatus and methods of use for preventing blood seepage at a percutaneous puncture site |
August 27, 1996 |
| Apparatus and methods of use for reducing bleeding from the situs of a percutaneous arterial puncture in a living being, with the opening in the arterial wall having been closed by a closure including at least one portion of a suture extending out of the puncture. The apparatus basically |
| 5545178 |
System for closing a percutaneous puncture formed by a trocar to prevent tissue at the puncture |
August 13, 1996 |
| A system and method for sealing a percutaneous puncture extending into internally located tissue, e.g., the peritoneum, of a living being. The system includes a sealing device and a deployment instrument. In one embodiment the sealing device comprises a substantially rigid anchor, a |
| 5531759 |
System for closing a percutaneous puncture formed by a trocar to prevent tissue at the puncture |
July 2, 1996 |
| A system and method for sealing a percutaneous puncture extending into internally located tissue, e.g., the peritoneum, of a living being. The system includes a reinforcing device and a deployment instrument. The device comprises a substantially rigid anchor, a resorbable holding mem |
| 5441517 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
August 15, 1995 |
| A system, a closure, and method of use for determining the position of a blood vessel via a percutaneous puncture and for sealing the percutaneous puncture in the blood vessel. The system includes an introducer sheath and associated positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, and |
| 5411520 |
Hemostatic vessel puncture closure system utilizing a plug located within the puncture tract spa |
May 2, 1995 |
| A system, a closure, and method for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a blood vessel. The puncture includes a tract leading to it from the skin of the being. The system includes an introducer sheath, a positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, and a deployment instrument. The |
| 5312435 |
Fail predictable, reinforced anchor for hemostatic puncture closure |
May 17, 1994 |
| A closure for sealing a percutaneous puncture in an vessel, e.g., an artery, or lumen. The puncture also includes a puncture tract in which a portion of the closure is to be located. The closure comprises an elongated rigid anchor member formed of a resorbable material, a sealing mem |
| 5306254 |
Vessel position locating device and method of use |
April 26, 1994 |
| A device for determining the location of the wall of an artery in a living being via a percutaeous incision or puncture. The device comprises an elongated tubular member having a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a passageway extending therethrough for receipt of a guide |
| 5282827 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
February 1, 1994 |
| A system, a closure, and method of use for determining the position of a blood vessel via a percutaneous puncture and for sealing the percutaneous puncture in the blood vessel. The system includes an introducer sheath and associated positioning device, a hemostatic puncture closure, and |
| 5222974 |
Hemostatic puncture closure system and method of use |
June 29, 1993 |
| A system, a closure, and method of sealing a percutaneous puncture in an artery. The system includes a conventional introducer sheath, a hemostatic puncture closure, and an instrument for deploying the closure. The instrument includes a tubular carrier storing the closure. The carrier ha |
| 5021059 |
Plug device with pulley for sealing punctures in tissue and methods of use |
June 4, 1991 |
| An instrument, a closure, and method of use for sealing an opening, e.g., a percutaneous incision or puncture, in a living being. The instrument includes a tubular carrier storing the closure. The carrier has a distally located free end to be extended through the opening. The closure com |
