Surgery delivery device and mesh anchor

A method for repairing a hernia defect within a patient, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. 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, the delivery device includes a plurality of surgical anchors located radially about the anchor carrier, each surgical anchor has a penetration section and a head section;
• b. placing a prosthesis over a hernia defect and a target tissue adjacent thereto;
• c. placing the distal end of the delivery tube adjacent the target tissue;
• d. extending the tissue penetrator member and the penetration section of a distal-most surgical anchor beyond the distal end of the delivery tube;
• e. urging the device proximally to penetrate the tissue and the prosthesis with the tissue penetrator member of the anchor carrier and the penetration section of the surgical anchor.