Medical News Today -- A new bioabsorbable plug that seals the arterial puncture site used for threading catheters into the body during diagnostic angiography and interventional procedures significantly shortens bleeding time and enables patients to get up and walk around far sooner than when manual compression is applied to the groin. In addition, there were no access site complications at 30 days in the ECLIPSE Trial, a multicenter randomized study that is testing the safety and effectiveness of the investigational ExoSeal vascular closure device.
