Means and method for reversibly connecting a patch to a patch deployment device

A method for closing an aperture in biological tissue comprising:

• providing an instrument having an elongate shaft, a deployment scaffold connected to the elongate shaft, and attachment members, the attachment members having end portions configured to pierce a surgical implant when the attachment members are in a retaining configuration, wherein the deployment scaffold is configured to releasably retain the surgical implant;
• contacting the surgical implant to the deployment scaffold of the instrument such that the surgical implant may be pierced by the end portions of the attachment members;
• coupling the deployment scaffold and the surgical implant to a stapling device;
• engaging the stapling device to cause the end portions of the attachment members to pierce the surgical implant and to transition the attachment members from the releasing configuration to a retaining configuration;
• and
• separating the instrument from the stapling device;
• inserting the instrument into a surgical site of a patient;
• deploying the surgical implant;
• releasing the surgical implant from the instrument by rotating the attachment members relative to the deployment scaffold from the retaining configuration to the releasing configuration, the end portions of the attachment members are positioned closer to a top surface of the deployment scaffold when the attachment members are in the retaining configuration;
• and
• attaching the surgical implant to biological tissue, thereby covering the aperture in biological tissue.