An apparatus including a plurality of chambers for receiving an associatedplurality ofstaples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt astraightenedconfiguration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration forsuturing whenreleased from the stapler. The apparatus also includes a sleeve moveablerelative to thechambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by thesleeve within thechambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby thestaples arefreed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted tomove betweenthe first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.
