Patent ID: 7758612
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A delivery device for delivering surgical anchors, the delivery device comprising: a. a housing, b. a delivery tube with distal and proximal ends, c. a reciprocating anchor carrier, with distal and proximal positions and distal and proximal ends, the distal end of the anchor carrier terminating in a tissue penetrator member, the reciprocating anchor carrier being moveable distally and proximally with respect to the delivery device, d. a plurality of surgical anchors located within the delivery tube and radially about the anchor carrier, each surgical anchor having a penetration section and a head section, an actuator having at least two states, the first state causing the anchor carrier to be in its proximal-most position and the second state causing the anchor carrier to be in the distal-most position with a perimeter of the penetration section of the surgical anchor extending distally beyond the distal end of the delivery tube and being in contact with a target site.