Patent ID: 8597324

Claim:
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: an elongated blood flow blocking member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture, the elongated member having a dimension to prevent egress of blood through the aperture, the elongated member having an upper surface, a lower surface, an intermediate portion and first and second end portions, a first thickness at the first end portion being less than a second thickness at the intermediate portion, the elongated member composed of an absorbable material, the elongated member pivotable between a first position for delivery and a second transverse position for placement, in the placement position the upper surface of the elongated member positioned adjacent the aperture, the elongated member having an opening to receive a suture therethrough, the upper surface of the elongated member having a first upper surface region and a second different upper surface region adjacent the first upper surface region, the first and second upper surface regions positioned against the internal region of the vessel wall; first and second members positionable proximal of the elongated member, the first and second members positionable in a first position for delivery and movable to a second position for placement proximal of the elongated member, the first and second members connected to the elongated member in the delivery and placement positions and are positionable external of the vessel, in the second position the first and second members positioned alongside one another such that the first member is above the first upper surface region of the elongated member and the second member is above the second upper surface region of the elongated member and a plane parallel to a plane encompassing the longitudinal axis of the elongated member which is parallel to the opening internal of the vessel and passes through the first and second members, the first and second members remaining in the delivery position as the elongated member pivots from first position to the second transverse position, and the suture extending through the opening in the elongated member and extending proximally of the elongated member.