Patent ID: 9743920
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A compaction device for a tissue closure tool, the compaction device comprising: a tubular member having a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the first, second, and third segments being coaxially aligned, the first and second segments being tubular, the second segment being positioned between the first and third segments, the third segment being proximal to a sealing plug, the third segment having a distally-facing surface contacting a proximal end of the sealing plug, the second segment comprising a structure, the second segment being deformable along the structure when in a sealing plug tamping position and subject to application of an excessive compaction force, the structure of the second segment comprising at least one of a plurality of folds, a plurality of pleats, a lattice, or a plurality of circumscribing sections of apertures; wherein tamping the sealing plug distally advances the first segment toward the sealing plug.