Patent ID: 6689148
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61L,A61M

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in delivering compositions for sealing a puncture that passes through a patient's skin and through a wall of a lumen of an artery or vein of the patient, the apparatus comprising:an occlusive element having a nonsealing position and a sealing position, with the occlusive element being adapted to seal against the luminal wall of the artery or vein in the sealing position such that the artery or vein lumen is sealed off from the puncture; and a delivery device comprising a first and a second inlet port fluidly connected to a delivery device conduit that is fluidly connected to an outlet that is adapted to allow flowable materials introduced through the two inlet ports to exit the delivery device; and a first container operably connected to the first inlet port and a second container operably connected to the second inlet port with each container containing a flowable preparation of a material chosen from the group consisting of a prepolymer, a macromer, and a monomer; wherein the delivery system is adapted to be positioned with the two inlet ports outside of the patient while the outlet opens into the puncture and the occlusive element is in the sealing position.