Patent attributes
A medical suturing tool 10 is composed of an insertion puncture needle 13 having an insertion hole 13a, a retrieval puncture needle 14 disposed in parallel with the insertion puncture needle 13, a lock part 15, and a surgical suture 16. A vertically elongated opening 18 is formed on the side surface of the insertion puncture needle 13, and an engaging groove 19 including a wide upper portion 19a and a narrow lower portion 19b on the side surface of the retrieval puncture needle 14 at a position slightly lower than the portion opposing to the vertically elongated opening 18. The lock part 15 is composed of a spherical portion 15a which can pass through a wide upper portion 18a and cannot pass through a narrow lower portion 18b and a rod-shaped portion 15b which can pass through the narrow lower portion 18b.
