Patent ID: 9289197
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tissue puncture closure device, comprising: a filament extending from a first end of the closure device to a second end of the closure device; an anchor attached to the filament at the second end of the closure device, the anchor being insertable through a tissue puncture; a sealing plug slidingly attached to the filament at a location proximal of the anchor; a tamping assembly operable to compact the sealing plug toward the anchor, the tamping assembly comprising a tamping tube and an automatic transmission, the automatic transmission comprising an input gear arranged coaxially with a filament spool, an output gear arranged in contact with the tamping tube, and a plurality of intermediate gears operable between the input and output gears, the automatic transmission being operable to automatically change a gear ratio between the input and output gears for achieving at least two different, non-zero speeds for advancing the tamping tube toward the sealing plug.