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US 2009/0024106 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for maintaining access
OwnerEdward J. Morrisinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for sealing a puncture in a tubular tissue structure or the wall of a body cavity are provided.
Claims17
A device for maintaining access to a bodily cavity comprising:
- an elongated element having a tissue wall contact exterior portion and having a length adapted to be inserted into a puncture site so that the length forms intracavity, intermediate, and extracorporeal portions, and a bioabsorbable member releasably attached to the tissue wall contact exterior portion of the elongated element, the bioabsorbable member having intracavity, intermediate, and extracorporeal portions.
A device for maintaining access to a bodily cavity comprising:
- a bioabsorbable tube sized and shaped to extend from outside the body to within the bodily cavity.
A device for maintaining an access site to a bodily cavity comprising:
- an elongated element having a tissue wall contact exterior portion and a bioabsorbable member releasably attached to the tissue wall contact exterior portion of the elongated element, the bioabsorbable member having a length to extend from within the cavity to the skin of a body.
A method of maintaining an access point in tissue, the method comprising the step of:
- providing a bioabsorbable member at the access point such that the bioabsorbable member extends from outside the body to within a bodily cavity.
A method of maintaining an access point in tissue, the method comprising the step of:
- providing a first elongated element having a bioabsorbable member disposed on the exterior thereof, the first elongated element being configured to be introduced into a body with the bioabsorbable member disposed thereon;
- removing the first elongated element;
- and
- placing a second elongated element within the bioabsorbable member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.