Patent ID: 8118831

Claim:
A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in the wall of a blood vessel, comprising: an inner member, an outer member, an insertion tool having a housing and an actuator which is operable in a first mode in which the actuator is configured to cause deployment of the inner member inside the vessel and operable in a second mode in which the actuator is configured to cause tamping of the outer member on an outside of the vessel, wherein the actuator is arranged to be set into said second mode in response to a pulling force acting on a filament connecting the inner member and the outer member, which causes an actuator portion to move relative to the housing so that the actuator is set into the second mode, wherein in the second mode, movement of the actuator portion relative to the housing causes said tamping of the outer member, and wherein the actuator portion is configured to be directly contacted by the user in both the first and second modes.