Patent ID: 6860895
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tool ( 101 ; 102 ) for inserting and mating two bioabsorbable plug members ( 2 , 3 ) of a sealing device ( 1 ) for closing a wound in the wall of a blood vessel, one bioabsorbable plug member of the sealing device being a bioabsorbable distal plug member ( 2 ) to be positioned inside the blood vessel and the other bioabsorbable plug member being a bioabsorbable proximal plug member ( 3 ) to be positioned outside of the blood vessel, the bioabsorbable distal plug member being provided with an elongated retracting means ( 6 ) extending from the bioabsorbable distal plug member, wherein the tool comprises a gear mechanism (