Patent ID: 8298291

Claim:
A tissue anchor deployment system, comprising: a housing; an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end having a tissue piercing tip, and with a lumen extending through the elongate flexible shaft; an elongate pusher slidable within the elongate shaft; a release suture within the elongate shaft; a stop fixed to a portion of the release suture, with the stop having a diameter sized to inhibit movement through at least part of the elongate pusher member; a plug member slidably located along the release suture proximal to the stop; a retraction control member attached to a proximal end of the release suture; and an anchor assembly within the lumen of the elongate shaft at a position distal of the elongate pusher member, the anchor assembly comprising a distal anchor connected to a proximal anchor via a flexible connector; wherein a distal end of the release suture is releasably engaged to the flexible connector of the anchor assembly.