Patent ID: 8070772
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall, the aperture having an external opening in an external region of the vessel wall and an internal opening in an internal region of the vessel wall, the device comprising: a distal covering member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture, the covering member having a dimension to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture; a first spherical retainer positionable external of the vessel and proximal of the covering member; a first suture, wherein the spherical retainer and the covering member are attached to the first suture and pulling of the first suture proximally advances the first spherical retainer toward the covering member to retain the covering member inside the vessel; a second spherical retainer member movable toward the covering member; and a second suture, the second spherical retainer attached to the second suture and pulling of the second suture advances the second spherical retainer toward the covering member.