Patent ID: 8088143
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A closure device for sealing an incision channel extending from a tissue surface of a patient, through a wall of a vessel and into the vessel, in conjunction with a hollow introducer having a hollow interior that provides access to the vessel and whose proximal end is outside the tissue surface, said closure device comprising: a haemostatic material; a stationary member; a moveable member; at least one attachment mechanism, the attachment mechanism including an opening such that the attachment mechanism is connectable to the hollow introducer and off-set to a side of the hollow introducer; a sliding surface configured such that the closure device is slidable along the hollow introducer; and wherein the haemostatic material, the stationary member, and the moveable member are configured such that the haemostatic material is delivered in the incision channel by moving at least the moveable member relative to the stationary member; wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to attach to a portion of the hollow introducer that has a continuous cylindrical outer surface; wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to releasably attach to the portion of the hollow introducer that has the continuous cylindrical outer surface; wherein the attachment mechanism is located at a distal end of the closure device and the haemostatic material is located at the distal end of the closure device before the closure device is attached to the hollow introducer.