Patent ID: 6117145
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
A blood vessel puncture occlusion device for occluding a puncture of a blood vessel having a vessel wall with an adventitial surface, said device comprising:a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a distally oriented surface at its distal end, wherein the surface is generally circular or elliptical, has an area in the range from 6 mm.sup.2 to 30 mm.sup.2, and is oriented at an angle from 30.degree. to 60.degree. relative to the axis of the shaft, the surface having an opening and engaging the adventitial surface about the puncture with a hemostasis-inducing pressure; anda suture passing through the vessel wall adjacent to and outside the puncture, the suture having two free ends movable relative to the shaft so as to tension the suture proximally from the vessel wall through the opening an along the shaft; andproximal anchor means disposed near the proximal end of the shaft, the anchor means comprising means for receiving the ends of the suture after the ends move and the suture is tensioned, and means for ane the tensioned suture relative to the shaft so that the tensioned suture urges the adventitial surface proximally against the surface of the shaft.