A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to facilitate delivery and/or positioning of surgical mesh for implantation during laparoscopic surgery to repair an abdominal hernia/fascial defect. It consists of a handle with mechanical features used to deploy the mesh, and a distal section for mounting the mesh (e.g., collapsible frame or hollow tube) which is inserted through a laparoscopic port for positioning for subsequent fixation. This is a single-use device.