US 11,964,136 B2
Medical devices for delivering plugs to voids
Fred Lampropoulos, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Jim Mottola, West Jordan, UT (US); Richard P. Jenkins, Bluffdale, UT (US); Gregory R. McArthur, Sandy, UT (US); Kenneth Sykes, Bluffdale, UT (US); and Mark Garcia, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/476,675.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/429,513, filed on Dec. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/325,792, filed on Apr. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/317,725, filed on Apr. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/317,093, filed on Apr. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2017/0281151 A1, Oct. 5, 2017
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 13/26 (2006.01); A61F 13/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3134 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/12159 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61F 13/266 (2013.01); A61F 13/36 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical plug delivery system, comprising:
a medical plug delivery device comprising a housing defining a cavity with a first end and a second end, wherein the housing comprises a distal connector configured to connect to a distal medical appliance in communication with a patient; and
a plug cartridge defining a cavity with a first end and a second end configured to receive a medical plug, wherein the plug cartridge is disposed within the cavity of the housing, the plug cartridge comprising apertures in communication with the cavity of the housing;
wherein the housing further defines a shoulder at a proximal end of the cavity, the shoulder being configured to engage the medical plug and prevent the medical plug's movement proximal of the shoulder;
wherein the cavity of the plug cartridge is structured to frictionally engage the medical plug within the cavity of the plug cartridge until a distally directed flow of fluid passes through the cavity of the plug cartridge with sufficient force to overcome the engagement; and
wherein the medical plug delivery system comprises at least two different fluid pathways.