Mesh for laparoscopic surgery includes, in addition to self-attaching mesh, a carrier or control layer used during insertion and alignment to reduce unwanted self-attachment to tissue in or outside of the target area to be repaired. The piston bowl has a center portion with a convex spherical shape, a floor having a convex frusto-conical shape adjacent the center portion, and a base having a concave toroidal shape surrounding the floor. The method further includes establishing configurable instructions included in the central data store defining at least one synchronization parameter associated with the synchronized application, and modifying at least one of the synchronization parameters via the central data store according to a communication received from the synchronized application.