Fixating means between a mesh and mesh deployment means especially useful for hernia repair surgeries and methods thereof

A device for delivering a soft tissue repair prosthetic, comprising:

• a deployment device configured to deploy the soft tissue repair prosthetic within a body of a patient;
• an appendage attached to the deployment device;
• and
• a fixating component configured to attach the soft tissue repair prosthetic to the deployment device, wherein the fixating component is coupled to the appendage,
• wherein the deployment device has a reduced configuration for delivering the soft tissue repair prosthetic to a placement site within the patient and an expanded configuration for deploying the soft tissue repair prosthetic, and wherein the deployment device is substantially planar in the expanded configuration, and wherein the appendage is substantially coplanar with the deployment device in the expanded configuration.

A device for delivering a soft tissue repair prosthetic, comprising:

• a deployment device configured to deploy the soft tissue repair prosthetic within a body of a patient;
• an appendage attached to the deployment device;
• and
• a fixating component configured to attach the soft tissue repair prosthetic to the deployment device, wherein the fixating component is coupled to the appendage,
• wherein the deployment device has a reduced configuration for delivering the soft tissue repair prosthetic to a placement site within the patient and an expanded configuration for deploying the soft tissue repair prosthetic, and wherein the appendage comprises a first appendage, and the device further comprises a second appendage, wherein the first appendage and the second appendage are disposed symmetrically with respect to a central axis of the deployment device.