Patent ID: 11925339
Assignee: J.D. FRANCO & CO., LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method for accessing and clamping a blood vessel of a subject using a medical device, the medical device including an outer assembly including a first shaft, a first lumen extending through the first shaft, and an atraumatic first tip removably coupled to a distal end of the first shaft, an inner assembly configured to extend through the first lumen of the outer assembly, the inner assembly including a second shaft, a second lumen extending through the second shaft, and a second tip removably coupled to a distal end of the second shaft, the second tip being configured to pierce tissue, and a plug assembly configured to extend through the second lumen of the inner assembly, the plug assembly including a third shaft and a plug removably coupled to a distal end of the third shaft, the method comprising:
piercing a wall of the blood vessel using the second tip of the inner assembly of the medical device, thereby forming an opening in the blood vessel and positioning the inner assembly within the blood vessel;
pulling the inner assembly proximally, so that second tip of the inner assembly abuts an inner surface of the wall of the blood vessel: and
pushing the outer assembly distally, so that the first tip of the outer assembly comes into contact with skin or an outer surface of the wall of the blood vessel, thereby clamping the skin or the wall of the blood vessel with the second tip of the inner assembly.