Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Closure apparatus with flexible sealable member and flexible support member
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Application No.: US14970335Application Date: 2015-12-15
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Publication No.: US10433826B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Peter Grant , Mark McGoldrick , Bartosz Pawlikowski , Noelle Barrett , Gerard Brett , Christopher Martin
- Applicant: Vivasure Medical Limited
- Applicant Address: IE Galway
- Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
- Current Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Galway
- Agency: Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP
- Agent William R. Haulbrook
- Main IPC: A61B17/03
- IPC: A61B17/03 ; A61B17/00
Abstract:
The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160174953A1 Closure Apparatus with Flexible Sealable Member and Flexible Support Member Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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