Patent ID: 7621937
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tissue puncture closure device for partial insertion into and sealing of an internal tissue wall puncture, comprising: a carrier tube; a filament; an anchor configured to be inserted through the tissue puncture, the anchor being attached to the filament at a first end of the closure device; a sealing plug positioned in the carrier tube, the sealing plug comprising: wherein the filament passes through the one hole in the sealing plug to a hole in the anchor and back through the another hole in the sealing plug; wherein the one hole in the sealing plug is the last hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through before entering the hole in the anchor and the another hole in the sealing plug is the first hole in the sealing plug that the filament passes through after exiting the hole in the anchor; and wherein the filament passes through at least four holes in the sealing plug.