Patent ID: 7842070

Claim:
A method comprising: plugging a distal end tip of a sheath introducer having at least one through-wall hole with a dilator plug of a dilator wherein said dilator is inserted through said sheath introducer; positioning said sheath introducer so that said at least one through-wall hole is outside a body lumen; injecting a surgical sealant into said sheath introducer, wherein said surgical sealant passes from said sheath introducer through said at least one through-wall hole, wherein the method further comprises: inserting, prior to said plugging, said positioning, and said injecting, said sheath introducer into said body lumen; performing, prior to said plugging, said positioning, and said injecting, a medical procedure, using a device inserted into said body lumen through said sheath introducer; and removing, prior to said plugging, said positioning, and said injecting and following completion of said performing said medical procedure, said device from said body lumen and from said sheath introducer.