Internal jugular carotid closure device

A method for closing a fistula comprising:

• providing a catheter comprising a posterior end and an anterior end;
• inserting the posterior end of the catheter through a first vascular vessel and into a second vascular vessel by way of a first access hole and a second access hole in the first vascular vessel, and a third access hole in the second vascular vessel;
• providing percutaneous access to the catheter;
• deploying a first planar disk in the second vascular vessel;
• deploying a second planar disk in the first vascular vessel;
• and
• pulling together the first and second planar disks using a compression element.

A method for closing a fistula comprising:

• providing a catheter comprising a posterior end and an anterior end;
• providing percutaneous access to the catheter and inserting the posterior end of the catheter through an internal jugular vein and into a common carotid artery by way of a first access hole and a second access hole in the internal jugular vein, and a third access hole in the common carotid artery;
• deploying a posterior end of an acute double-horned stent into the common carotid artery;
• deploying an anterior end of the acute double-horned stent into the internal jugular vein;
• inserting an upper prong deployment sheath and a lower prong deployment sheath into the internal jugular vein, wherein the upper prong deployment sheath comprises a first prong array and the lower prong deployment sheath comprises a second prong array;
• inserting a central prong deployment sheath through the internal jugular vein and into the common carotid artery, passing through the acute double-horned stent, wherein the central prong deployment sheath comprises a third prong array;
• retracting the upper prong deployment sheath, the lower prong deployment sheath and the central prong deployment sheath to deploy the first prong array, the second prong array and the third prong array, wherein at least one prong array is deployed in the internal jugular vein and at least one prong array is deployed in the common carotid artery;
• configuring the first prong array, the second prong array and the third prong array to engage with an associated portion of the acute double-horned stent;
• applying a first twisting force to the at least one prong array deployed in the internal jugular vein with respect to the at least one prong array deployed in the common carotid artery to compress the acute double-horned stent and close the second and third access holes;
• and
• applying a second twisting force to the posterior and anterior ends of the acute double-horned stent to minimize the third access hole.