Patent ID: 8906059
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall, the aperture having an external opening in an external region of the vessel wall and an internal opening in an internal region of the vessel wall, the device comprising: a covering member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture, the covering member having a dimension to cover the aperture to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture, the covering member having an upper surface having a width transverse to the longitudinal axis and a length exceeding the width; and first and second legs each having portions positionable external of the vessel, the legs positioned external of the covering member, the first leg curving outwardly from the upper surface to form a first loop portion and the second leg curving outwardly from the upper surface to form a second loop portion, the first and second loop portions positioned external to the internal region of the vessel wall to contact tissue, the first loop portion extending distally toward the covering member and then looping to extend proximally of the covering member and then transitioning to a third loop portion looping toward the covering member, and the second loop portion extending distally toward the covering member and then looping to extend proximally of the covering member and then transitioning to a fourth loop portion looping toward the covering member, wherein a distance between outermost edges of the first and second legs is less than the length of the covering member.