Patent ID: 8617184

Claim:
A power driven vessel closure system for closing a hole in a wall of a body lumen, the vessel closure system comprising: a handle comprising: a power operated drive system; and one or more sheaths, each sheath including: a proximal end being removably couplable with the handle; an elongate drive member having a proximal end that is removably and operably couplable with the power operated drive system; a closure element removably and operably coupled with the elongate drive member, said closure element being retained in the sheath in a storage orientation; and a drive collar operatively coupled with the elongate drive member and the closure element, the drive collar being movable along a longitudinal axis of the elongate drive member and including a pusher surface configured to push the closure element within the sheath, and when said elongate drive member is operably coupled to the power operated drive system said elongate drive member is capable of distally moving the drive collar and the closure element within the sheath to a distal end of the elongate drive member and releasing the closure element from the vessel closure system into the wall of the body lumen so as to convert the closure element to a closed orientation and close the hole wherein the closure element is resilient from an open form in the storage orientation to a closed form in the closed orientation when released from the vessel closure system.