Patent ID: 8932325
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tissue-opening closure system, comprising: a seal device having a relaxed configuration with a domed shape, said seal while in said domed shape having a convex exterior surface, an opposite open concave interior surface, and a rim adjacent said convex and concave surfaces, said seal device adapted to contact a portion of tissue around a tissue-opening with at least part of the concave interior surface; a flexible stem fixed to said seal, said stem having a plurality of protuberances fixed thereto and a hole; a suture threaded through said hole and extending away from said seal device; a compressible buffer connected to said stem and being slidable with respect to said stem and said protuberances; a locking member having an opening, said locking member adapted to slide along said stem and allow said protuberances through said central opening whereafter said protuberances resist travel back through said opening, said locking member slidable along said stem so as to compress said compressible buffer, wherein the suture loops through the hole and has two free ends, said free ends extending through said buffer.