Metal vascular aperture closure device
US8192456B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00659
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A closure device to be inserted at least partially through a blood vessel wall aperture in a blood vessel wall, having at least two metal petals that can be inserted through the blood vessel wall aperture and into the lumen of the blood vessel. The petals are structured to prevent withdrawal through the blood vessel wall aperture when the length of the petal is generally aligned with the blood vessel wall. The metal petals have alignment features that tend to urge them into alignment relative to each other. The closure device includes a metal expansion member that is alterable from an unexpanded state to an expanded state. A bioabsorbable tensioning member interconnects the petals and the metal expansion member and is securable to the metal expansion member.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.