A hernia repair system is disclosed. It has a deployment device (3) adapted to deploy a hernia repair patch within a body of a patient. The deployment device (3) has a reduced configuration for delivering the hernia repair patch to a placement site within the patient and an expanded configuration for deploying the hernia repair patch. A fixating component (200) extends from the deployment device (3) and has an unretracted configuration adapted for at least one of attaching or detaching the hernia repair patch to the deployment device (3) and a retracted configuration adapted to attach the hernia repair patch (2) to the deployment device (3). The fixating component (200) is adapted to pass through the hernia repair patch in the unretracted configuration and to remain passed through the hernia repair patch in the retracted configuration to attach the hernia repair patch to the deployment device (3).
