Device for Secure Closure After Vascular Access

Called StarClose, the device provides 360o tissue apposition for rapid healing and immediate hemostasis. The device features a Nitinol clip designed to promote the primary healing process to achieve a secure close. It requires only four clicks to achieve a secure "extravascular” close, which means that nothing is left inside the artery itself, since the clip closes the site entirely from the outside of the vessel. Another feature of the device is a through-the-sheath (TTS) approach that expedites patient management, since extra guide wire insertion and sheath exchange steps are removed from the procedure. StarClose, which has received the CE Mark, is the product of Abbott Vascular Devices, Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL, USA).

"StarClose heralds in a new generation of rapid, simple arterial puncture site closure devices that are shown to be safe even in patients receiving strong blood thinners such as GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors,” said Dr. Peter Ruygrok, clinical associate professor at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and principal investigator for the New Zealand study.




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