Dissolvable closure device

1. An apparatus to provide hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

a communication tube having a lumen, a top and a bottom, further comprising a guidewire received within said communication tube lumen;

a hemostatic material positioned around said communication tube bottom, said hemostatic material having a first end and a second end; and

a hemostatic material cover positioned around the hemostatic material and said communication tube bottom, wherein said hemostatic material cover forms a hollow distal tip cavity at the hemostatic material first end;

wherein the distal tip, the hemostatic material, and the hemostatic material cover are made of an absorbable material.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said hollow distal tip cavity further comprises a bleed back entrance port in fluid communication with said communication tube.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said bleed black entrance port has a diameter equal to or greater than a distal tip diameter.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said hollow distal tip cavity further comprises a finger positioned adjacent said bleed back entrance port.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a placement tube positioned around said communication tube wherein said placement tube is adjacent said hemostatic material second end.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said hemostatic material cover is positioned around said placement tube.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said placement tube is made of an absorbable material.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said hollow distal tip cavity further comprises a finger positioned adjacent said hemostatic material first end.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said communication tube is made of an absorbable material.

10. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device over a guidewire into said puncture site using a placement tube, said hemostasis device having a hemostasis material cover;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube at least partially surrounded by a hemostatic material, said communication tube in fluid communication with a bleed back entrance port;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said communication tube and said placement tube; and

means for allowing said hemostasis material cover to dissolve at least partially.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said means for removing further comprises means for holding said hemostasis material cover stationary.

12. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device into said puncture site using a placement tube, said hemostasis device having a hemostasis material cover, and wherein said means for inserting further comprises means for inserting said hemostasis device over a guidewire;

means for removing said guidewire;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube, said communication tube in fluid communication with a bleed back entrance port;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said communication tube and said placement tube; and

means for allowing said hemostasis material cover to dissolve at least partially.

13. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device into said puncture site using a placement tube, said hemostasis device having a hemostasis material cover;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube, said communication tube in fluid communication with a bleed back entrance port;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said communication tube and said placement tube;

means for allowing said hemostasis material cover to dissolve at least partially; and

means for cutting said hemostasis material cover at a patient's skin.

14. An apparatus to provide hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

a distal tip;

a communication tube attached to the distal tip having a lumen, a top and a bottom;

a guidewire received within said communication tube lumen;

a hemostatic material positioned around said communication tube bottom adjacent said distal tip; and

a hemostatic material cover positioned around the hemostatic material;

wherein the distal tip, the hemostatic material, and the hemostatic material cover are made of an absorbable material.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said distal tip further comprises a bleed back entrance port in fluid communication with said communication tube.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said bleed back entrance port has a diameter equal to or greater than fifty percent of a distal tip diameter.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said distal tip further comprises a finger positioned adjacent said bleed back entrance port.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a placement tube positioned around said communication tube top wherein said placement tube is adjacent said hemostatic material.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said hemostatic material cover is positioned around said placement tube.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said placement tube is made of an absorbable material.

21. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said distal tip further comprises a finger positioned adjacent said hemostatic material.

22. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said communication tube is made of an absorbable material.

23. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device into said puncture site using a placement tube and guidewire;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube at least partially surrounded by a hemostatic material;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said placement tube while holding said communication tube stationary; and

means for allowing said hemostasis device to dissolve at least partially.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein said hemostasis device is made of an absorbable material.

25. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device into said puncture site using a placement tube, and wherein said means for insetting further comprises means for insetting said hemostasis device over a guidewire;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said placement tube while holding said communication tube stationary; and

means for allowing said hemostasis device to dissolve at least partially.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein said means for removing further comprises means for removing said guidewire.

27. An apparatus for promoting hemostasis at a puncture site, comprising:

means for inserting a hemostasis device into said puncture site using a placement tube and a guide member;

means for visualizing a blood flow out of a communication tube;

means for withdrawing said hemostasis device until said blood flow slows or stops;

means for removing said placement tube while holding said communication tube stationary;

means for allowing said hemostasis device to dissolve at least partially; and means for cutting said hemostasis device at a patient's skin.