The invention provides a surgical fastener. The fastener of the invention hasa first element, or crown, defining an axis of the fastener. Each prong of the fastenerhas a protuberance at one end that is received in a depression around an edge ofthe first element and rotatable in the depression and has a tip at a second end.In an undeployed configuration, each prong passes through a slot of the secondelement and the tip of each prong is at a first distance from the axis. In a deployedconfiguration, each prong passes through the prongs slot of the secondelement, and the tip of each prong is at a second distance from the axis that is greaterthan the first distance. The invention also provides a system for surgical fasteningincluding one or more surgical fasteners of the invention and a surgical fasteningdevice configured to deploy the fasteners.
