The present invention is directed to a method for sealing a puncture in a wall of a lumen of a body comprising the steps of deploying a deployment member of a sealing device through an elastic membrane adjacent the wall of the lumen and the puncture, wherein the sealing device includes a sealing element positioning the sealing element adjacent the wall of the lumen retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to stretch the membrane away from the wall of the lumen retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to allow the elastic nature of the membrane to force the sealing element against the puncture and retracting the device from the puncture.
