Piercing implement particularly useful as a medical implement for piercing body tissue, and method of using such implement for applying a suture to the body tissue

A medical implement for use in piercing a body tissue with first and second bores having entry ends into the body tissue precisely spaced from each other a predetermined distance, and exit ends from the body tissue precisely spaced from each other a predetermined larger distance than that of the entry ends, comprising:

• a handle having a proximal end for manual grasping by a user, and a distal end;
• a shaft having a proximal end connected to said distal end of the handle, and a distal end defining a first jaw for engaging one side of the body tissue to be pierced;
• and a second jaw moveable towards said first jaw for engaging the opposite side of the body tissue to be pierced, and for clamping the body tissue between the two jaws;
• characterized in that said handle and shaft are formed with a pair of channels extending from the proximal end of the handle through the distal end of the shaft;
• said pair of channels converging toward each other to a cross-over point, and then diverging away from each other where exiting at the distal end of the shaft;
• said pair of channels being dimensioned to enable a medical piercing instrument to be passed first through one of said channels to pierce the body tissue with said first bore when the body tissue is clamped between the jaws, and then through the other of said channels to pierce the body tissue with said second bore spaced from said first bore said predetermined distance at the entry ends of the two bores, and said predetermined larger distance at the exit ends of the two bores.