Patent ID: 8382776

Claim:
A medical device for delivering a plurality of tissue anchors through tissue, each tissue anchor having an anchoring member connected to a suture, the medical device comprising: a needle having a needle lumen sized to slidably receive the plurality of tissue anchors, the needle and the needle lumen defining a longitudinal axis of the medical device, the plurality of tissue anchors including first and second tissue anchors; at least one spacer member positioned between the first and second tissue anchors within the needle lumen; a suture lock for fixing the suture after delivery of the tissue anchors, the suture lock comprising, a plug having a main body having a first internal wall defining a first internal passageway slidably receiving the needle, and a retaining sleeve having a tubular body having a second internal wall defining a second internal passageway slidably receiving the needle and sized to receive the plug therein and sized to engage the suture of the plurality of tissue anchors between the plug and the second internal wall of the retaining sleeve; an inner sheath having an inner sheath lumen sized to slidably receive the needle, wherein the inner sheath is sized and positioned to abut the plug, wherein translation of the inner sheath causes the plug to slide over-the-needle; and an outer sheath having an outer sheath lumen sized to slidably receive the inner sheath and the plug, wherein the outer sheath is sized and positioned to abut the retaining sleeve.