Closure device

A method for closing an incision to an artery comprising the steps of:

• a. inserting an elongated resorbable tubular plug with a closed distal end and an open proximal end into said incision through a tissue track and into a specific locality within said artery;
• b. withdrawing bleedback blood from said artery from a hole near said distal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug outwardly from said open proximal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug which indicates that said distal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug is within said artery;
• c. applying manual pressure externally for a short time to said tissue track through which said elongated resorbable tubular plug passes between said incision and said artery;
• and,
• d. cutting off said elongated resorbable tubular plug external to said incision.

A method for facilitating hemostasis of an incision to an artery comprising the steps of:

• a. inserting an elongated resorbable tubular plug with a closed distal end and an open proximal end into said incision through a tissue track and into a specific locality within said artery;
• b. withdrawing bleedback blood from said artery from a hole near said distal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug outwardly from said open proximal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug which indicates that said distal end of said elongated resorbable tubular plug is within said artery;
• c. applying manual pressure externally for a short time to said tissue track through which said elongated resorbable tubular plug passes between said incision and said artery whereby hemostasis within said tissue track occurs;
• and,
• d. cutting off said elongated resorbable tubular plug external to said incision.

A method of surgery comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a delivery sheath, the delivery sheath having a lumen with a distal end situated within an artery and a proximal end situated external to a patient, the lumen passing through a tissue path and an arteriotomy site;
• b. providing a resorbable tubular plug and passing the resorbable tubular plug partially through the lumen such that the resorbable tubular plug extends through the arteriotomy site and into the artery;
• c. withdrawing the delivery sheath while leaving the resorbable tubular plug extending through the arteriotomy site and into the artery;
• and,
• d. applying pressure to the arteriotomy site for a period of time sufficient to stop bleeding through the arteriotomy site with the resorbable tubular plug extending therethrough.