Patent ID: 8979882
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for forming a tract in tissue comprising: an elongate member; a suction member coupled to a distal portion of the elongate member, the suction member defining a basal surface and an underside surface, the underside surface configured to support an adjacent tissue portion as the adjacent tissue portion is drawn against the underside surface by a suction load which may be applied to the suction member; and a tissue-piercing member slidably housed within the elongate member and configured to create a tract in across the adjacent tissue portion to accommodate passage of one or more tools for conducting a procedure through the tract, wherein the tissue-piercing member is configured to be advanced across at least a portion of the adjacent tissue portion such that the tract created is a self-sealing tract that generally seals without supplemental closure devices after the one or more tools have been withdrawn from the tract.