The Perclose device can be used to achieve femoral hemostasis using the following steps (after aspirating and flushing the sheath and scrubbing the groin with an antiseptic solution):
1. Prepare device
2. Advance inch guidewire remove femoral sheath
3. Tissue track preparation
4. Insert Perclose device
5. Perclose foot deployment
6. Perclose suture deployment
7. Perclose foot retraction
8. Perclose device retraction
9. Perclose device removal and suture tightening
10. Suture cutting