US Patent 8083767 Access and closure device and method

Patent 8083767 was granted and assigned to Arstasis on December, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Arstasis

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8083767

Patent Inventor Names

D. Bruce Modesitt0

Date of Patent

December 27, 2011

Patent Application Number

11544317

Date Filed

October 6, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Corrine M. McDermott

Patent abstract

Devices and methods for accessing and closing vascular sites are disclosed. Self-sealing closure devices and methods are disclosed. A device that can make both steeply sloping and flat access paths into a vascular lumen is disclosed. The device can also form arteriotomies with sections cleaved between a vessel's intima and adventitia. Methods for using the device are also disclosed.