Patent ID: 8834493
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vascular closure device having a proximal end proximate to a user and a distal end, comprising: a support member; a leg having first and second ends, the first end being pivotally mounted to the support member, the leg being movable between a stowed position and a deployed position; a needle carrier tube connected to the second end of the leg and having an open end facing proximally in both the stowed position and the deployed position; a needle positioned in the needle carrier tube; a pusher positioned in the needle carrier tube at a location distal of the needle and operable to advance the needle out of the open end of the needle carrier tube when the leg is in the deployed position; wherein the leg and the needle carrier tube are axially aligned with the support member when the leg is in the stowed position, and the leg and needle carrier tube are arranged out of alignment with the support member when the leg is in the deployed position.