Patent ID: 7875054

Claim:
A method of closing a wound, comprising: positioning a introducer sheath into a blood vessel; inserting a sealing assembly through the introducer sheath, the sealing assembly including an expandable frame surrounded by a tube of fabric, the tube of fabric having a closed distal end and a plurality of microhooks extending therefrom, the sealing assembly being inserted until the distal end of the tube of fabric extends from a distal end of the introducer sheath; expanding the expandable frame, the tube of fabric being expanded thereby as well; retracting the introducer sheath and sealing assembly until the introducer sheath is removed from the artery, the plurality of microhooks being engaged with adventitia surrounding the blood vessel thereby; contracting and removing the expandable frame; inverting the distal end of the tube of fabric; and sliding a cinch ring around the inverted distal end of the tube of fabric.