Patent ID: 8801732

Claim:
A method of deploying a surgical fastener comprising the steps of: a. introducing said fastener into a body of a patient while said fastener is in a first shape, said fastener comprising: a base, and two legs extending away from said base, said legs having distal end segments said first shape comprising said distal end segments bending towards and across each other and contacting each other along substantially an entire length of said end segments so that they are adjacent and form said fastener into a first closed-form loop; b. moving end segments of said fastener away from said first closed-form loop removing said end segments from contacting each other along substantially said entire length of said end segments and into a second shape wherein said distal end segments are spaced apart from each other along substantially an entire length thereof; and c. moving said fastener into a third shape wherein said distal end segments bend towards each other in so that they are adjacent and form said fastener into a second closed-form loop, said second loop having a width greater than a width of said first loop.