Patent ID: 8568445

Claim:
A vascular closure device comprising: a vessel locating member configured to be inserted through a hole in a blood vessel and expandable to locate the position of a wall of the blood vessel that is adjacent to the hole; an anchor configured to be deployed outside of the blood vessel adjacent to the hole, the anchor having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion when deployed; a sealing material configured to be deployed adjacent to and proximal of the anchor and outside of the blood vessel when the vessel locating member is positioned within the vessel and the anchor and sealing material are deployed; and a suture connected to the anchor, the suture configured to hold the anchor and the sealing material together when the anchor and the sealing material are deployed to close the hole in the blood vessel; wherein the vessel locating member is retractable through the deployed anchor and sealing material, the vessel locating member being positioned distal of the distal end portion of the anchor when the vessel locating member is positioned within the blood vessel, and the sealing material being positioned proximal of the proximal end portion of the anchor when the anchor and sealing material are deployed.