Patent ID: 9498196
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for closing an opening in a blood vessel, comprising: introducing a vessel closure system toward the opening in the blood vessel; locating the opening in the blood vessel; advancing an obturator from the vessel closure system and into the blood vessel, the obturator comprising a biodegradable distal tip distal a positioning element; orientating the obturator transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vessel closure system in a deployed state by actuating a shaft attached to the obturator; engaging an inner surface of the blood vessel with an upper surface of positioning element of the obturator to locate the blood vessel; and manipulating an actuator to deploy a closure element from the vessel closure system to close the opening in the blood vessel, a portion of the obturator remaining in the blood vessel and extending into a passage extending proximally from the opening.