Universal Introducer

Abstract

A device for introducing a catheter into a vessel through a puncture in a vessel and for sealing the puncture. The device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end sized to be positioned within a tissue site which includes the puncture. The elongated body includes a utility lumen sized to allow a catheter to be delivered through the utility lumen. The utility lumen is positioned within the elongated body so positioning the elongated body within the tissue site allows a catheter delivered through the utility lumen to enter the vessel. The elongated body also includes a closure lumen having an entrance port. A closure composition can be delivered through the entrance port into the closure lumen. The closure lumen also includes an exit port adjacent the distal end of the elongated body. The closure composition delivered into the closure lumen can be delivered through the exit port to the tissue site adjacent the puncture.

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         6 . A device for introducing a catheter through a puncture within a vessel for sealing tissues adjacent the puncture, comprising:
 an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end sized to be positioned within a tissue site which includes the puncture;   a membrane included at an outer surface of the elongated body and sufficiently porous to allow a closure composition to pass through the membrane; and   a closure lumen within the elongated body, the closure lumen having an entrance through which a closure composition can be delivered into the closure lumen and at least one exit port positioned on the elongated body so the closure composition is delivered into the closure lumen can be delivered through at least one exit port to the membrane.   
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising at least one temperature sensor positioned at the distal end of the elongated body for detecting a temperature of closure composition adjacent the elongated body distal end. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising at least one temperature sensor positioned at a side of the elongated body for detecting a temperature of closure composition adjacent the side of the elongated body. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising at least one electrode positioned at the distal end of the elongated body. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one electrode is an RF electrode. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising at least one electrode included at a side of the elongated body so as to be to be within the tissue site when the elongated body is positioned adjacent a vessel within the tissue site. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one electrode is an RF electrode. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the utility lumen includes at least one backflow valve. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising a blood pressure sensor positioned adjacent the distal end of the elongated body. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising a blood spurt lumen. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising a pigtail within the utility lumen. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 16 , wherein the pigtail is movable within the utility lumen. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising a baseplate for holding the elongated body in place within the tissue site. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein the elongated body is axially movable relative to the baseplate. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the distal end of the elongated body is saddle shaped. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a second closure lumen within the elongated body having an entrance port adjacent to the proximal end of the elongated body through which a closure composition can be delivered into the second closure lumen; and   an exit port adjacent the distal end of the elongated body through which the closure composition can be delivered adjacent the puncture.