US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences on Sept. 30 for "Vascular closure devices and methods of use" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,865, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Vascular closure devices and methods of use" was invented by Greg Walters (Exton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device system for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a vessel wall can comprise a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the vessel wall, a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the vessel wall, and a suture that extends through the plug and through the toggle along at least a first direction so as to couple the toggle to the plug. The system can further comprise a tube that extends through the plu...