Patent ID: 8657837

Claim:
A fastener for use in a mammalian body, comprising; a first member; a second member; the first and second members having first and second ends and one end of both the first member and the second member have a pointed tip and the pointed tips point in opposite directions; a connecting member fixed to each of the first and second members intermediate the first and second ends and extending between the first and second members; the first and second members being separated by the connecting member, the second member being movable on the connecting member so that a length of the connecting member between the first and second members is adjustable; both of the first and second members having a longitudinal axis and a through channel along the axis arranged to be slidingly received on one tissue piercing deployment wire; and wherein the through channels are arranged to be slidingly received on the one tissue piercing deployment wire and wherein the connecting member is flexible permitting the first and second members to be in line with each other on the one tissue piercing deployment wire, the first and second members being mounted to only the one tissue piercing deployment wire and no other wire.