About Vascular Closure Devices
Vascular closure devices were introduced in the early ‘90s and are used by physicians to close the femoral artery after diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular procedures (procedures used to either diagnose or treat diseased vessels).
Prior to the development of vascular closure devices, the only way to close the femoral artery was through manual compression. This entails applying external manual pressure directly to the puncture site by a nurse and/or a clamp or sandbags, after which time the patient must lie still for many hours.
Physicians often choose to use a vascular closure device, such as the Mynx, rather than manual compression because patients generally stop bleeding faster and therefore can walk around and leave the hospital sooner than with manual compression.
