Additional features on Perclose ProGlide include the QuickCut TM mechanism, which is built into the device to trim the suture after deployment, making it unnecessary to use additional sharps ...

These next-generation devices offer improvements on the currently available Prostar XL and Perclose ProGlide (Abbott Vascular), both of which employ suture-mediated closure, said Robert Bersin, MD, ...

Suture-based vascular closure devices (VCDs) can, in real-world practice, lead to complications and even death, analysis of a US Food and Drug Administration database confirms. These adverse outcomes ...

In addition, there are already other vascular closure devices such as Perclose ProGlide on the market, and even the popular and low-cost figure-8 skin suture has been used for venous access as ...

Meanwhile, Abbott will get to hold on to its stable of vascular closure devices, such as the Perclose ProGlide Suture-Mediated Closure System and the StarClose SE Vascular Closure System.

The Manta device was associated with a higher frequency of access-site bleeding or complications compared with the Perclose device.