Patent ID: 8652166

Claim:
An insertion tool for a medical device for closure of an opening in a wall of a bodily organ, the medical device comprising at least a first member and a second member, the insertion tool comprising: a tamping mechanism adapted to bring together the first and second members on opposite sides of the wall; a filament and a filament coupling device having a restraining member, wherein the tamping mechanism comprises a housing, a tamping member protruding from the housing, a fastener, and a tamping force source attached to the housing, wherein the tamping force source is adapted to be energized prior to initiation of a tamping procedure such that the energized tamping force source is configured to apply an application force to the tamping member while the tamping member is held in place by the fastener, wherein the tamping force source is adapted to advance the tamping member away from the housing after actuation during the tamping procedure by releasing the fastener from the tamping member, and wherein the restraining member is configured to hold on to the filament at an interior space of the housing during the tamping procedure and configured to release the filament upon actuation of a filament releasing mechanism.