Patent ID: 11896212
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for percutaneously closing a puncture through the wall of an artery, comprising:
inserting a guide wire through a percutaneous entry and into the artery;
using the guide wire to guide an insertion of an introducer catheter into the artery;
inserting a balloon catheter through the introducer catheter and into the artery;
locking a firing mechanism loaded with fasteners onto the introducer catheter, thereby aligning the puncture with a distal working end of the firing mechanism;
activating the firing mechanism to fire two or more fasteners onto the artery, each fastener individually tethered to a suture;
percutaneously tying the sutures together to draw the fasteners together, closing the puncture.