Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Redundant tissue closure methods and apparatuses
- Patent Title (中): 冗余组织封闭方法和装置
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Application No.: US12559377Application Date: 2009-09-14
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Publication No.: US08932324B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr. , Robert M. Curtis , Randy R. Sibbitt
- Applicant: Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr. , Robert M. Curtis , Randy R. Sibbitt
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Abbott Vascular Inc.
- Current Assignee: Abbott Vascular Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Agent Randy Shen
- Main IPC: A61B17/08
- IPC: A61B17/08 ; A61D1/00 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A tissue closure device including a tissue eversion apparatus, and a first and a second, redundant closure element that are placed on the external surface of a tissue puncture wound to enhance the efficacy of closure. The first closure element and the second closure element are left resident on the external surface of or in proximity to the tissue puncture wound in order to provide redundancy of closure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100130965A1 Redundant Tissue Closure Methods and Apparatuses Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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