Patent 8469995 was granted and assigned to Abbott on June, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A clip for closing a puncture in a body lumen comprises a clip having a resiliently expandable circumference and a plurality of barbed prongs extending at least approximately in the same direction from one edge of the clip. A device for deploying such a clip is described. A method for deploying such a clip is also described.