Patent ID: 9511174
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61B,A61L,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method of achieving hemostasis in a percutaneous tract of a kidney while surgery on said kidney is performed, said method comprising: inserting a hemostatic device into said percutaneous tract, said hemostatic device having an elongate member of integral one-piece construction comprising an exterior surface, an interior surface, a distal end, and a proximal end, and a covering, said exterior surface and said interior surface extending from said distal end to said proximal end, said elongate member having a first tubular portion integrally connected to a second tubular portion, said first tubular portion and said second tubular portion each having an external diameter and a length, wherein said length of said first tubular portion extends from said distal end to said second tubular portion and said length of said second tubular portion extends from said proximal end to said first tubular portion, wherein said external diameter of said first tubular portion is less than said external diameter of said upper tubular portion; removing said covering of said hemostatic device; contacting bodily tissue of said percutaneous tract with hemostatic material disposed around said first tubular portion and extending along said length of said first tubular portion, said layer of hemostatic material having a depth substantially equal to D inserting a surgical implements into and through said interior surface after said hemostatic device is inserted in said percutaneous tract, said surgical instrument being unattached to said elongate member; achieving said hemostasis of said bodily tissue while said surgical implements remains in said interior lumen for performing surgery on said kidney; removing said surgical instrument before removing said hemostatic device from said kidney; and removing said hemostatic device from said kidney after said hemostatis achieved and said surgery is complete.