Patent ID: 8097008

Claim:
A device, comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, relative to a user, and having a central aperture through the longitudinal axis of the shaft; a flexible joint on the shaft; a joint filament, having a distal end and a proximal end, attached to the inside of the shaft at a point distal to the flexible joint; whereby movement of the proximal end of the filament urges the end of the shaft distal to the flexible joint into angular relation to the end of the shaft proximal to the flexible joint; a primary rod having a distal end and a proximal end, relative to the user, adapted for slideable movement within the central aperture of the shaft; at least one arm at the distal end of the primary rod adapted for movement between a retracted position and an extended position; wherein the at least one arm is in axial alignment with the shaft in the retracted position and the at least one extension arm is at a divergent angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft in the extended position; a surgical repair material releasably attached to the at least one arm; and an attaching mechanism at the end of the at least one arm adapted to secure the repair material to an abdominal wall.