Apparatus and method for suturing

A device for delivering a plurality of sutures, one at a time, into tissue of a patient, the device comprising:

• a handle including a trigger;
• a shaft extending from the handle along a longitudinal axis;
• an applicator section configured to be movable off of the longitudinal axis, the plurality of sutures disposed within the applicator section, each of the plurality of sutures formed as a single piece with two terminating ends, one of the two terminating ends of each of the sutures including a hook and the other one of the two terminating ends of each of the sutures including a loop;
• and
• first and second members movable out of and into the applicator section to deliver, one at a time, at least a portion of each of the sutures out of the applicator section and into the patient's tissue upon activation of the trigger by an operator of the device,
• the first member configured to engage the hook of one of the sutures, penetrate the patient's tissue, and carry the hook through the patient's tissue when the first member is moved from within the applicator section to out of the applicator section,
• the second member configured to engage the loop of that one of the sutures, penetrate the patient's tissue, and carry the loop through the patient's tissue when the second member is moved from within the applicator section to out of the applicator section,
• the first and second members configured to fasten the hook to the loop within the patient's tissue when the first and second members are fully extended out of the applicator section,
• the first and second members also configured to leave the fastened suture within the patient's tissue and to engage the hook and the loop of another one of the sutures when the first and second members are retracted back into the applicator section.