Medical Devices
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorBrian A. Ellingwood
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Abstract
A medical system may include a medical device, such as a medical connector. The medical connector may be used to close an opening formed in (and/or interconnect portions of) one or more bodily structures. The medical connector may be sized and configured to resiliently move to a fastening position. The medical connector may be sized and configured to penetrate a portion of a wall of a lumen, such as a blood vessel. For example, medical connector may be sized and configured to initially penetrate a portion of the wall disposed between the wall's inner and outer surfaces.
Claims34
A medical system comprising:
- a medical connector including at least one elongated member, the medical connector being sized and configured to resiliently move from an everted position to a fastening position.
A medical system comprising:
- a medical connector including at least one elongated member, the at least one elongated member including a first penetrating member and a second penetrating member, the medical connector being sized and configured to resiliently move from a first position to a second position, the first and second penetrating members facing generally towards each other when the medical connector is in the second position, the first and second penetrating members facing generally away from each other when the medical connector is in the first position.
A medical system comprising:
- a medical connector including at least one elongated member, the at least one elongated member including a first end and a second end, the medical connector being sized and configured to resiliently move from a first position to a second position, the first and second ends facing generally towards each other when the medical connector is in the second position, the first and second ends facing generally away from each other when the medical connector is in the first position.
A method comprising:
- forming an opening in a blood vessel, the blood vessel including a wall, the opening extending through an outer surface of the wall and an inner surface of the wall;
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- closing at least a portion of the opening using a medical connector that initially penetrates a portion of the wall disposed between the inner and outer surfaces of the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.