Needle for suture and suture assembly including the same
OwnerHyun Jun KIM, Young Jae KIMinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a needle for being connected to a suture, including: a body having a tip portion disposed at one end portion thereof and a rear end portion disposed at the other end portion thereof; and a suture connection part formed in a side surface portion of the body, wherein the suture connection part includes a reception path extended toward a lengthwise axial portion of the body and receiving a portion of the suture therein, and a closure member constituting a portion of the body and deformed by external force after a portion of the suture is received in the reception path, thereby closing a portion of the reception path.
Claims20
A method of suturing, comprising:
- providing a suture needle comprising a needle point, a rear end and a cut formed into the suture needle, wherein the cut starts on a side surface of the suture needle between the needle point and rear end and extends toward the rear end such that the suture needle has a tongue portion on one side of extension of the cut and a main body portion on the other side of the extension of the cut;
- inserting a thread into the cut of the suture needle;
- subsequently, pressing the tongue portion against the main body portion to deform at least part of the tongue portion toward the main body portion for making the cut narrower than prior to pressing;
- and
- subsequently, performing a suture using the suture needle with the thread inserted in the cut.
A method of suturing, comprising:
- providing a suture needle comprising a needle point, a rear end, a cut formed into the suture needle, a bendable lip portion next to the cut, the cut comprising a thread entrance and an inner aperture;
- inserting a thread into the inner aperture of the cut via the thread entrance of the cut;
- subsequently, deform the bendable lip portion to make the thread entrance narrower than prior to deforming;
- and
- subsequently, performing a suture using the suture needle with the thread inserted in the inner aperture of the cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.