A deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis that comprises a patch body including a pocket and an access opening configured to provide access to the pocket, the deployment device comprising: a self-expanding support body to be releasably coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis to assist in spreading the soft tissue repair prosthesis from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration, the support body being collapsible from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration; and a handle including a distal end and a free end opposite the distal end, the distal end of the handle coupled to the support body to position the soft tissue repair prosthesis relative to a soft tissue defect when the support body is coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis and to release the support body from the soft tissue repair prosthesis with a pulling force on the free end of the handle in an outward direction away from the soft tissue repair prosthesis when the soft tissue repair prosthesis is in the expanded configuration, the distal end of the handle being coupled to a portion of the support body to apply the pulling force and collapse the portion of the support body in an inward direction toward the soft tissue repair prosthesis, wherein the support body: is manipulable into the reduced configuration with the soft tissue repair prosthesis for insertion through a surgical opening into a patient; includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side; has a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body, the support body including first and second portions (152, 154) on opposite sides of the second axis, the handle being coupled to the second portion of the support body along the first axis; and is removably insertable in the pocket of the patch body; wherein the deployment device is so configured that when inserted in the patch body pulling the handle in an outward direction away from the patch body pulls the second end of the support body downwardly toward the patch body and toward the second axis of the support body causing the second portion of the support body to fold, bend, roll or otherwise collapse inwardly and become tucked below the second side of the support body. a self-expanding support body to be releasably coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis to assist in spreading the soft tissue repair prosthesis from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration, the support body being collapsible from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration; and a handle including a distal end and a free end opposite the distal end, the distal end of the handle coupled to the support body to position the soft tissue repair prosthesis relative to a soft tissue defect when the support body is coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis and to release the support body from the soft tissue repair prosthesis with a pulling force on the free end of the handle in an outward direction away from the soft tissue repair prosthesis when the soft tissue repair prosthesis is in the expanded configuration, the distal end of the handle being coupled to a portion of the support body to apply the pulling force and collapse the portion of the support body in an inward direction toward the soft tissue repair prosthesis, wherein the support body: is manipulable into the reduced configuration with the soft tissue repair prosthesis for insertion through a surgical opening into a patient; includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side; has a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body, the support body including first and second portions (152, 154) on opposite sides of the second axis, the handle being coupled to the second portion of the support body along the first axis; and is removably insertable in the pocket of the patch body; is manipulable into the reduced configuration with the soft tissue repair prosthesis for insertion through a surgical opening into a patient; includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side; has a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body, the support body including first and second portions (152, 154) on opposite sides of the second axis, the handle being coupled to the second portion of the support body along the first axis; and is removably insertable in the pocket of the patch body; wherein the deployment device is so configured that when inserted in the patch body pulling the handle in an outward direction away from the patch body pulls the second end of the support body downwardly toward the patch body and toward the second axis of the support body causing the second portion of the support body to fold, bend, roll or otherwise collapse inwardly and become tucked below the second side of the support body.