Patent ID: 8282670

Claim:
A method for repairing a hernia defect within a patient, the method comprising: providing a surgical anchor delivery device having a housing, a delivery tube with distal and proximal ends, a reciprocating anchor carrier, with distal and proximal ends, the distal end of the anchor carrier terminating in a tissue-penetrator member, the reciprocating anchor carrier being moveable distally and proximally with respect to the delivery device, at least one surgical anchor located in juxtaposition with the anchor carrier, a plurality of surgical anchors located within the delivery tube and radially about the anchor carrier, each surgical anchor has a penetration section and a head section; placing a prosthesis over the hernia defect and tissue adjacent thereto; exposing the penetration section of the surgical anchor beyond the distal end of the delivery tube; penetrating tissue with the tissue penetrator member and the penetration section by applying a force distally on the housing; and placing the penetration section of one of the surgical anchors through the prosthesis and within the tissue.