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US8192459: Blood vessel closure clip and delivery device

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Filing Information

Inventor(s) Christy Cummins · Robert Stevenson ·
Assignee(s) Abbott Vascular Inc. ·
Attorney/Agent(s) Workman Nydegger · Randy Shen ·
Primary Examiner Julian Woo ·
Application Number US12966923
Filing date 12/13/2010
Issue date 06/05/2012
Prior Publication Data
Predicted expiration date 06/04/2023
U.S. Classifications 606/213  · 606/153  ·
International Classifications A61B1708  ·
Kind CodeB2
Related U.S. Application DataCROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/517,004, entitled “Blood Vessel Closure Clip and Delivery Device,” and filed Jun. 6, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,850,709, which is a United States nationalization of International Application No. PCT/IE2003/00088 filed Jun. 4, 2003, which claims priority to Irish Patent Application No. 2002/0451, entitled “Blood Vessel Closure Clip and Delivery Device”, and filed Jun. 4, 2002. The preceding applications are each incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Foreign Priority IES20020451 - 06/04/2002 ·
12 Claims, 6 Drawings


Abstract

A clip for closing a puncture hole in a blood vessel comprises a ring having a resiliently expandable circumference and a plurality of barbed prongs extending at least approximately in the same direction from one edge of the ring. A device for deploying such a clip is also described.

Independent Claims | See all claims (12)

  1. 1. A method for closing a puncture in a body lumen, the method comprising: advancing a catheter until an indication that the catheter is positioned within a body lumen; increasing a dimension of a clip expander to increase a dimension of a clip, the clip having a ring disposed around the clip expander and prongs projecting towards the front end of the catheter; advancing the catheter to cause the clip to penetrate tissue surrounding the wall of the body lumen; decreasing a dimension of the clip expander; and removing the catheter from the tissue tract causing the clip to pull the surrounding tissue together substantially sealing the puncture.
  2. 11. A method for closing a puncture in a body lumen, the method comprising: advancing a catheter until an indication that a clip is positioned a pre-determined distance from a wall of the body lumen; increasing a dimension of a clip expander to increase a dimension of the clip; advancing the catheter to cause the clip to penetrate tissue surrounding the wall of the body lumen; decreasing a dimension of the clip expander; and removing the catheter from the tissue tract causing the clip to pull the surrounding tissue together substantially sealing the puncture.
  3. 12. A method for closing a puncture in a body lumen, the method comprising: advancing a catheter until an indication that a clip is positioned a pre-determined distance from a wall of the body lumen; after advancing the catheter until the indication that the clip is positioned, increasing a dimension of a clip expander to increase a dimension of the clip, the clip expander comprising a sleeve surrounding the body which has one end fixed relative to the body, a section of the sleeve intermediate its ends being slit longitudinally to form a plurality of splines which can be forced mutually outwardly by sliding the other end of the sleeve along the body towards the fixed end of the sleeve, the clip having a ring disposed around the expander and prongs projecting towards the front end of the body, the clip being mounted on the splined section of the sleeve; while increasing the dimension of the clip expander, advancing the catheter to cause the clip to penetrate tissue surrounding the wall of the body lumen; after advancing the catheter to cause the clip to penetrate tissue, decreasing a dimension of the clip expander; and removing the catheter from the tissue tract causing the clip to pull the surrounding tissue together substantially sealing the puncture.

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