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Timestamp: 2019-10-23 17:06:28
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Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 15', 'application No. 14', 'application No. 13', 'application No. 13', 'application No. 11', 'application No. 10', 'application No. 09', 'application No. 09']

Karol L. Nowakowski, Circle Pines, MN (US)
Assigned to St. Croix Surgical Systems, LLC, Circle Pines, MN (US)
Filed by St. Croix Surgical Systems, LLC, Circle Pines, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/656,831.
Application 15/656,831 is a continuation of application No. 15/610,834, filed on Jun. 1, 2017.
Application 15/610,834 is a continuation of application No. 14/146,139, filed on Jan. 2, 2014, granted, now 9,669,131, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Application 14/146,139 is a continuation of application No. 13/852,094, filed on Mar. 28, 2013, granted, now 8,652,169, issued on Feb. 18, 2014.
Application 13/852,094 is a continuation of application No. 13/724,520, filed on Dec. 21, 2012, granted, now 8,568,448, issued on Oct. 29, 2013.
Application 13/724,520 is a continuation of application No. 11/337,278, filed on Jan. 23, 2006, granted, now 8,652,168, issued on Feb. 18, 2014.
Application 11/337,278 is a continuation of application No. 10/291,278, filed on Nov. 8, 2002, granted, now 6,989,022, issued on Jan. 24, 2006.
Application 10/291,278 is a continuation of application No. 09/732,423, filed on Dec. 7, 2000, granted, now 6,478,808, issued on Nov. 12, 2002.
Application 09/732,423 is a continuation of application No. 09/212,080, filed on Dec. 15, 1998, granted, now 6,159,232, issued on Dec. 12, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/069,834, filed on Dec. 16, 1997.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 24/0005 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0065 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00641 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
1. An apparatus for using a volume of a patient's whole blood to close a subcutaneous arterial wound in the patient, comprising:
a valve coupled to the syringe;
a pulsatile indicator;
a porous matrix; and
a cylindrical enclosure coupled to the tube and at least partially surrounding the porous matrix and configured to, in cooperation with the tube, effect homogenous exposure of the patient's whole blood to the porous matrix to initiate a clotting cascade in the patient's whole blood;
wherein the tube and porous matrix are further configured to situate the patient's whole blood at a position proximate the arterial wound as the patient's whole blood is clotting in order to form a hemostatic closure comprising the patient's whole blood.