Devices, systems and methods for retracting, lifting, compressing, supporting or repositioning tissues or anatomical structures

A system for retracting, lifting, compressing, supporting or repositioning of an organ or tissue within the body of a human or animal subject, said system comprising:

• a first anchor having a connector attached thereto;
• a first introducer defining structure independent from the first anchor and useable to deliver and implant the first anchor at a first location within the subject's body, the first introducer configured to cut a pathway through an organ or tissue displaced from and exterior of the first introducer and through which the first anchor is advanced;
• a second anchor having a longitudinal axis that is advanceable over the connector;
• and
• a second introducer useable to advance the second anchor over the connector to a second location and to affix the second anchor to the connector wherein the second introducer comprises an elongate shaft having a second anchor delivery lumen and a pusher for advancing the second anchor in a first configuration in which its longitudinal axis is generally parallel to the connector through the second anchor delivery lumen and over the connector to a second configuration in which its longitudinal axis is generally perpendicular to the connector.