US 11,737,740 B2
Apparatus and method for sealing a vascular puncture
Wesley Chung Joe, Fremont, CA (US); Sravanthi Avuthu, Portola Valley, CA (US); Curt D. Guyer, Dublin, CA (US); Richard Repp, San Jose, CA (US); and Martin Schnitzer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ACCESS CLOSURE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Access Closure, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,305.
Application 17/445,305 is a continuation of application No. 16/257,528, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/623,350, filed on Jan. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211360 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0065 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00389 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for deploying a sealant to close a puncture, the method comprising: inserting a device into the puncture, the device comprising:
a sealant;
a sealant sleeve axially movable relative to the sealant, wherein the sealant is disposed in the sealant sleeve;
a pull rack coupled to a proximal section of the sealant sleeve;
a support member disposed in the sealant sleeve proximal to the sealant;
a push rack coupled to a proximal section of the support member; and
a push rack lock provided in a locked position in which advancement of the push rack is prevented;
retracting the pull rack and the sealant sleeve to expose at least a portion of the sealant, wherein retracting the pull rack moves the push rack lock to an unlocked position in which the push rack is advanceable; and
advancing the push rack and the support member to compress the sealant.