Patent ID: 8758373

Claim:
A system for closing an aperture in a biological tissue, the system comprising: a handle; an elongate shah connected to the handle; a deployment scaffold connected to the elongate shaft; a plurality of attachment members rotatably connected to the deployment scaffold, wherein the plurality of attachment members are configured to releasably retain a surgical implant to a top surface of the deployment scaffold, the plurality of attachment members rotatable relative to the deployment scaffold between a retaining configuration where end portions of the plurality of attachment members configured to pierce the surgical implant are spaced from the top surface of the deployment scaffold at a first distance and a releasing configuration where the end portions of the plurality of attachment members are spaced from the top surface of the deployment scaffold at a second distance that is greater than the first distance; and a locking mechanism that is operably linked with each of the plurality of attachment members, wherein the locking mechanism is adapted to reversibly lock the plurality of attachment members, wherein when the locking mechanism is in a locked configuration, the plurality of attachment members are held in the retaining configuration and when the locking mechanism is in an unlocked configuration, the plurality of attachment members are rotatable to the releasing configuration.