Patent ID: 8500755

Claim:
A fastener delivery tool, comprising: a loading chamber for receiving a fastener including a plurality of tines overlapping one another to define a loop in a relaxed state; a releasable retaining member receivable in the loop for limiting movement of the fastener within the loading chamber; an ejection track communicating with the loading chamber; a handle including an actuator; and a tongue and a pusher member coupled to the actuator, wherein activation of the actuator advances the tongue for engaging the tines for transforming the fastener from the relaxed state to a constrained state and advances the pusher member for advancing the fastener from the loading chamber down the ejection track, and wherein the tongue comprises one or more teeth configured to drop within the loop when the actuator is activated, the tongue configured to advance distally along inner surfaces of the tines for parting the tines with the one or more teeth.