Patent ID: 6425901
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A61B,B29K

Abstract:
A device to facilitate the closure of wounds in the vasculature of a patient, comprising:a body portion having a retracting portion having two elongate movable halves extending away from and substantially perpendicular to said body portion, said halves forming a channel extending completely through said retracting portion, each half having a first end and a second end, the first end being positioned farther from the body portion than the second end, the halves being movable between a retracted position and an approximated position; and a handle portion connected to said body portion which controls the movement of the two movable halves, the handle having a grasp portion and a locking mechanism, the grasp portion having two handles, the locking mechanism selectively engagable so as to prevent movement of the halves from the retracted position toward the approximated position, the locking mechanism comprising a loop extending from one handle which surrounds a screw mounted on the other handle.