Patent ID: 8556931

Claim:
A method for imaging a delivery system to determine if a delivery apparatus, having an implantable vascular closure device, is acceptable for use in deploying the implantable vascular closure device into a patient, the method comprising: positioning an implantable vascular closure device within a delivery apparatus, the implantable vascular closure device comprising a first base material that includes a mixture of which a first radiopaque material is a component and/or coating at least a portion of the first base material with a coating of which the first radiopaque material is a component, the delivery device including an obstruction; positioning the delivery apparatus within an alignment fixture and relative to an imaging device and outside of the patient; analyzing an image produced by the imaging device to identify the obstruction in the delivery apparatus to obstruct deployment of the implantable vascular closure device and/or any defects in at least one component of the delivery apparatus; and determining whether the delivery apparatus, having the implantable vascular closure device, is acceptable for use to deploy the implantable vascular closure device into a patient.