Patent ID: 8845683
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of sealing a puncture in a wall of a body cavity of a patient, the method including: inserting a sealing component and a sealing material delivery component through a puncture in a wall of a body cavity of a patient, the sealing material delivery component including a delivery tube, the sealing component being slidably disposed in the delivery tube and including an elongate control member; inserting an expandable member connected to the elongate control member through the puncture into the body cavity; expanding the expandable member when the expandable member is distal to a distal end of the delivery tube and inserted in the body cavity; moving the expandable member near a distal surface of the wall of the body cavity; delivering sealing material through the distal end of the delivery tube and into the puncture; inserting a tip disposed on the elongate control member and distal to the expandable member into the sealing material; detaching the tip from the elongate control member when the tip is in the sealing material.