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US 12,622,745 B2Granted
Systems and methods for sealing cored or punctured tissue using inflatable balloon
AssigneePrana Thoracic, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Cohn, Terry Daglow, Matthew Kuhn, Steven Nguyen
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Abstract
Systems and methods for sealing tissue sites may comprise coring tissue at a target site such that a tissue core is removed from the target site thereby creating a core cavity at the target site and causing sealing of at least a portion of the target site.
Claims27
A method for sealing tissue at a target site, the method comprising:
- anchoring a distal end of an anchor device to a portion of the target site;
- coring tissue at the target site to remove a section of cored tissue thereby creating a cored cavity;
- disposing, after removing the section of cored tissue, a sealing device across an opening of the cored cavity;
- causing at least a portion of the sealing device to seal across the opening of the cored cavity;
- delivering, after at least the portion of the cored cavity is sealed, a fill material to the target site, the fill material including autologous blood configured to clot after a predetermined period of time;
- holding the sealing device in place, via the anchor device, for the predetermined period of time to allow the autologous blood to clot at the target site;
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- spacing, after the predetermined period of time, the sealing device from the target site while leaving the fill material at the target site.
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A method for sealing tissue at a target site, the method comprising:
- disposing a port adjacent to tissue;
- anchoring a distal end of an anchor device to a portion of the target site;
- removing, using a tissue resection device, a section of cored tissue to create a cored tissue cavity;
- disposing, after removing the section of cored tissue, a sealing device through the port and adjacent to the cored tissue cavity while remaining outside of the cored tissue cavity;
- causing at least a portion of the sealing device to seal across an opening of the cored tissue cavity;
- delivering, after causing the portion of the sealing device to seal across the opening of the cored tissue cavity, a fill material to the target site, the fill material including autologous blood configured to clot after a predetermined period of time;
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- holding the sealing device in place, via the anchor device, for the predetermined period of time to allow the autologous blood to clot at the target site.
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A method for sealing tissue at a target site, the method comprising:
- anchoring a distal end of an anchor device to a portion of the target site;
- coring, using a coring device including a pair of electrodes, a tissue at a target site to remove a section of cored tissue thereby creating a cored cavity;
- disposing, after removing the coring device and the section of cored tissue, a sealing device adjacent to or within the cored cavity;
- causing at least a portion of the sealing device to abut a portion of the cored cavity to seal at least the portion of the cored cavity to form a sealed cavity;
- delivering, using a fill material delivery device, a fill material to the sealed cavity, the fill material including autologous blood configured to clot after a predetermined period of time;
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- holding the sealing device in place, via the anchor device, for the predetermined period of time to allow the autologous blood to clot at the target site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.