Patent ID: 6395015
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Medical device (1,19,26â€²) for insertion into a blood vessel through an opening in a wall of said vessel, the device comprising:an elongated flexible sheet material (2,32) having a length dimension (L) and a width dimension (W), the sheet material (2,32) being foldable in the width direction for placing the sheet material into an insertion configuration and the sheet material being unfoldable to assume a sealing configuration inside the blood vessel for contacting the blood vessel wall in a sealing manner, the sheet material in the sealing configuration extending along an open contour, conforming to and partly covering an interior surface of the blood vessel wall; a gripping element (3,31) on an outer surface of said sheet material; wherein the flexible sheet material (2,32) in an untensioned state is curled in the width direction, wherein the sheet material folds in the width direction (W) upon exertion of a pulling force on the gripping element (3,31), directed generally in the length direction, and upon contacting of the sheet material by the sides of the opening in the vessel wall after partially closing the opening.