Patent ID: 7341595

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 and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, the device comprising: an elongated member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture, the elongated member having a dimension at least substantially equal to a dimension of the internal opening of the aperture to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture, the elongated member having an upper surface and a lower surface and a side wall extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the elongated member pivotable from a delivery position through the aperture wherein the upper and lower surfaces are more aligned with the longitudinal axis extending through the aperture and a placement position wherein the upper and lower surfaces are substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis; and at least two curved legs positionable outside the vessel and spaced from the upper surface of the elongated member to help retain the elongated member in position, the curved legs looping inwardly toward one another and toward the longitudinal axis of the aperture.