Discloses a kit for tissue repair comprising: (A) a mesh placer element the mesh is attached to the placer element via an application member (B) a mesh stitcher element for stitching the mesh to tissue, comprising: first and second puncture elements for puncturing tissue the suture thread is disposed along a portion of first puncture element, where the suture assembly has a mode of operation wherein: the mesh sticher element is designed to close a gap between two distal puncture sites (C) a tacker for applying a rotary tack for tacking the mesh to tissue comprising: a handle with a first trigger assembly and a second trigger assembly, where the trigger assemblies are coupled to an articulated applicator arm The therapeutic application is for fixing surgical mesh in place during surgery e.g. for a hernia operation.
