Patent ID: 8162958

Claim:
An applicator comprising: an elongated member which has an opening at the distal end thereof and includes a lumen including a longitudinal axis, the opening being communicated with the lumen, and the elongated member being configured to extend a tissue fastening tool wound into a coil shape and to have the stretched tissue fastening tool in the lumen; a pusher which is provided in the lumen configured to be capable of moving in the direction of the longitudinal axis so as to dispense the tissue fastening tool in the lumen from the opening; an operating section which is provided on a proximal end of the pusher to move the pusher in the direction of the longitudinal axis; and a rotating mechanism which rotates the elongated member around the longitudinal axis relative to the pusher, as a function of movement of the pusher in the direction of the longitudinal axis relative to the elongated member by operation of the operating section so as to dispense the tissue fastening tool from the opening.