Patent ID: 8100939

Claim:
A surgical fastening device for sequentially securing tissue with a generally crescent-shaped fastener having a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion comprising: an insertion body having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion having a tissue interface structure and the proximal portion having an actuator assembly; and a rotatable insertion assembly having a falcate penetrator arranged proximate the tissue interface structure, the falcate penetrator having a crescent shaped body defined between a piercing tip and a penetrator distal end, the rotatable insertion assembly being operably coupled to the actuator assembly, the falcate penetrator being adapted to carry the crescent-shaped fastener when the actuator assembly causes the rotatable insertion assembly to rotate the falcate penetrator through the tissue interface structure such that the first retaining portion of the fastener is rotatably directed through tissue proximate the tissue interface structure.