Patent ID: 9629619
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical sealing device for sealing a hole in a wall of a body organ, comprising: an inner member adapted to be positioned against an interior surface of the wall; a retaining member attached to the inner member; and an outer member adapted to be positioned outside the wall, the outer member having a hole through which the retaining member passes; wherein at least one of the inner member and the outer member comprise a shape memory material; wherein in a first state the at least one of the inner member and the outer member has a surface with a flat cross-section configured to face the wall of the body organ and in a second state the surface of the at least one of the inner member and the outer member has a non-flat shape configured to clamp the wall between the inner member and the outer member, wherein the at least one of the inner member and the outer member has the flat cross-section at a temperature below a transition temperature and the non-flat shape above the transition temperature.