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A device for sealing a tissue puncture including proximal and distal portions offset by a connecting member so that a needle may exit a lumen in the proximal portion through a needle insertion opening across a tissue receiving gap and enter through a needle receiving opening into a lumen in the dist

A device for sealing a tissue puncture including proximal and distal portions offset by a connecting member so that a needle may exit a lumen in the proximal portion through a needle insertion opening across a tissue receiving gap and enter through a needle receiving opening into a lumen in the distal portion. The distal lumen also has an opening for a guide wire. A method for sealing a tissue puncture by inserting a device such as that described above into the puncture via a guide wire, which is removed, so that the tissue is within the tissue receiving gap, and inserting a first suture needle distally from the proximal lumen, through the tissue, and into the distal lumen. The device is then rotated and a second suture needle similarly penetrates the tissue at a second location, and the device is withdrawn and the suture is tightened.

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1. A device for sealing a puncture in an anatomical structure comprising:a proximal portion having a needle insertion lumen extending therethrough to a needle insertion opening; a distal portion including a needle receiving opening facing the needle insertion opening across a tissue receiving gap an

1. A device for sealing a puncture in an anatomical structure comprising:a proximal portion having a needle insertion lumen extending therethrough to a needle insertion opening; a distal portion including a needle receiving opening facing the needle insertion opening across a tissue receiving gap and opening into a distal lumen, the distal lumen extending from the needle receiving opening to a distal guide wire opening; and a connecting member coupled between the proximal and distal portions and offset from the proximal and distal portions to create the tissue receiving gap whereby, when the connecting member is received within a puncture in an anatomical structure, a portion of the anatomical structure received within the tissue receiving gap is located between the needle receiving opening and the needle insertion opening.