US 12,239,302 B2
Vessel sealing device
John I. Shipp, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Dennis Wayne Lawson, Jr., Republic, MO (US)
Assigned to CYNDRX LLC, Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed by Cyndrx, LLC, Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/093,529.
Application 17/093,529 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/253,110, filed on Jan. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,869,656.
Application 16/253,110 is a continuation of application No. 14/852,539, filed on Sep. 12, 2015, granted, now 10,182,803, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Application 14/852,539 is a continuation of application No. 13/746,276, filed on Jan. 21, 2013, granted, now 9,131,931, issued on Sep. 15, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,154, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401417 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for sealing an opening in the wall of a blood vessel, the blood vessel having an interior wall surface, an exterior wall surface, and a lumen, the device comprising:
a pushing rod, the pushing rod having an opening therealong;
a shaft disposed within at least a portion of the opening of the pushing rod;
a pusher, the pusher fixedly attached to the pushing rod;
a bottom cover and a top cover, a button extending through an opening in the top cover and engaging the pusher; and
a seal assembly having a first portion and a second portion, the seal assembly operatively attached at the first portion to the distal end of the shaft, the seal assembly configured to engage the interior wall surface and the exterior wall surface of the blood vessel,
wherein the pushing rod operatively engages the seal assembly at the second portion and is movable relative to the shaft, the pushing rod moving from a first position to a second position in response to the button moving distally causing the first portion and the second portion of the seal assembly to move relative to one another, and
wherein the pusher has a foot and two arms, the arms engaging a first slot in the top cover at a proximal end of the opening in the top cover in a first status and a second slot in the top cover at a distal end of the opening in the top cover in a second status.