Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
SELF LOCKING SUTURE AND SELF LOCKING SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE DEVICE

Abstract:

An improvement to devices and methods for suturing tissue in various applications, such as percutaneous closure of arterial and venous puncture sites and the like, providing a self-locking or self-securing suture that does not require manual knot-tying to hold in apposition the tissue of the vessel wall on opposite sides of the puncture.