Patent ID: 7947054

Claim:
Mesh deployment apparatus comprising: a deployment rod having a handle at a proximal portion thereof and a roller portion at a distal portion thereof, said roller portion having a shaft and a mesh-sheet attachment member that has a mesh-sheet attached thereto, wherein said roller portion is articulated with respect to said deployment rod by means of a joint; and a manipulating member coupled to said roller portion for moving said roller portion about said joint to a position wherein said roller portion is not collinear with said deployment rod, wherein said manipulating member comprises a lever arm pivotally mounted about a pivot on said deployment rod, said lever arm comprising two grasping portions on opposite sides of said pivot and on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of said deployment rod, wherein said roller portion comprises a pair of end caps at opposite ends of said shaft, said end caps having an extension portion that extends radially outwards from said shaft with through-holes formed in said extension portion, and wherein said mesh-sheet comprises surgical threads that pass through and loop around said through-holes.