US 12,274,427 B2
Closure system and uses thereof
Christopher Martin, Oughterard (IE); Damien Ryan, Galway (IE); Peter Grant, Galway (IE); Michael Dunning, Galway (IE); Gerard Brett, Claregalway (IE); Kevin Walsh, Barna (IE); and Desmond John Regan, Loughrea (IE)
Assigned to Vivasure Medical Limited, Galway (IE)
Filed by Vivasure Medical Ltd., Galway (IE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,104.
Application 17/710,104 is a division of application No. 12/982,852, filed on Dec. 30, 2010, granted, now 11,357,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/299,974, filed on Jan. 30, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/291,132, filed on Dec. 30, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218323 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00619 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0411 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of closing an arteriotomy the method comprising:
advancing a closure system adjacent to an artery having a lumen, the closure system including a foot, at least one suture positioned within the foot, at least one bolster attached to a proximal end of the at least one suture, and a needle attached to a distal end of the at least one suture;
deploying a flexible portion of the foot within the lumen of the artery;
driving the needle through a wall of the artery and through the foot to a posterior surface of the foot, wherein driving the needle comprises ejecting the needle through an aperture of a capture ribbon component, the capture ribbon component engaging a portion of the suture;
retracting the capture ribbon to double the suture to form a loop within the channel of the intra-arterial foot; and
applying a tensile force on the at least one suture, wherein the at least one bolster is secured against an adventitial surface of the artery in response to the tensile force and further wherein the foot is secured against a luminal surface of the artery.