Patent ID: RE44297

Claim:
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 ) member extending from the bioabsorbable distal plug member, wherein the tool comprises a gear mechanism ( 32 ; 132 ) coupled to the retracting means member for converting a movement of the tool in a proximal direction away from the wound, when the bioabsorbable distal plug member is anchored in the blood vessel, to a pushing movement for moving the bioabsorbable proximal plug member in a direction towards the bioabsorbable distal plug member, the pushing movement being induced by a stretching force (F 1 ) in the retracting means member .