An apparatus for deploying a surgical implant, the apparatus comprising: a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the flexible shaft is configured to receive a surgical implant comprising an outer ring having an inner and outer wall, the outer ring having a top and bottom portion (615A; 615B), the surgical implant further comprising a plurality of anchors disposed about the outer ring outer wall; an actuation sheath disposed about the flexible shaft, the sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft and sheath together having a diameter suitable to fit down an endoscope channel; a plurality of arms disposed in a staggered arrangement about the sheath distal end, the arms having proximal ends and distal ends, the apparatus characterized in that the arms' proximal ends movably attached to the sheath distal end; and in that the apparatus comprises: bladders attached to the arms' distal ends, wherein the outer ring inner wall of the surgical implant is removably contactable with the bladders; and a tube extending down the flexible shaft in communication with the bladders, wherein the plurality of arms are configured to be extended for expanding the surgical implant to contact an interior lumen wall of an anatomic structure and the bladders are configured to be inflated via the tube for moving the upper and lower portions into contact with the interior lumen wall thereby deploying the anchors of the surgical implant into the interior lumen wall of the anatomic structure. a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the flexible shaft is configured to receive a surgical implant comprising an outer ring having an inner and outer wall, the outer ring having a top and bottom portion (615A; 615B), the surgical implant further comprising a plurality of anchors disposed about the outer ring outer wall; an actuation sheath disposed about the flexible shaft, the sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft and sheath together having a diameter suitable to fit down an endoscope channel; a plurality of arms disposed in a staggered arrangement about the sheath distal end, the arms having proximal ends and distal ends, the apparatus characterized in that the arms' proximal ends movably attached to the sheath distal end; and in that the apparatus comprises: bladders attached to the arms' distal ends, wherein the outer ring inner wall of the surgical implant is removably contactable with the bladders; and a tube extending down the flexible shaft in communication with the bladders, wherein the plurality of arms are configured to be extended for expanding the surgical implant to contact an interior lumen wall of an anatomic structure and the bladders are configured to be inflated via the tube for moving the upper and lower portions into contact with the interior lumen wall thereby deploying the anchors of the surgical implant into the interior lumen wall of the anatomic structure. bladders attached to the arms' distal ends, wherein the outer ring inner wall of the surgical implant is removably contactable with the bladders; and a tube extending down the flexible shaft in communication with the bladders, wherein the plurality of arms are configured to be extended for expanding the surgical implant to contact an interior lumen wall of an anatomic structure and the bladders are configured to be inflated via the tube for moving the upper and lower portions into contact with the interior lumen wall thereby deploying the anchors of the surgical implant into the interior lumen wall of the anatomic structure. <EOS>