A surgical device, comprising an elongated needle body, an assembly, and a handle portion, the elongated needle body defining an interior lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the needle body having a sharpened distal tip portion; the assembly operatively associated with the interior lumen of the needle body, the assembly having: i) a shaft having an outer surface profile corresponding to an inner surface of the interior lumen of the elongated needle body; and ii) a pair of arms (122, 124) extending distally from the shaft, each of the pair of arms (122, 124) comprising a rod and a grasper, wherein the graspers are biased radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) is in a fixed axial alignment with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body such that the arms act as an obturator relative to the sharpened distal tip portion of the needle body to guard the needle body from causing accidental needle tip trauma; and the handle portion operatively attached a the proximal end portions of both the elongated needle body and the shaft such that the elongated needle body and the shaft can be rotated independent of the handle portion, the handle portion further configured and adapted to advance and retract the elongated needle body over the pair of arms (122, 124) and the shaft, the elongated needle body being biased towards a retracted position to further guard the elongated needle body from accidental needle trauma, and characterised in that: the pair of arms (122, 124) are formed as electrically isolated conductors, and wherein the rods are each encircled by a plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164), the plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164) having a shape corresponding to an inner surface of the handle assembly to maintain the fixed axial alignment of the one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body. the elongated needle body defining an interior lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the needle body having a sharpened distal tip portion; the assembly operatively associated with the interior lumen of the needle body, the assembly having: i) a shaft having an outer surface profile corresponding to an inner surface of the interior lumen of the elongated needle body; and ii) a pair of arms (122, 124) extending distally from the shaft, each of the pair of arms (122, 124) comprising a rod and a grasper, wherein the graspers are biased radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) is in a fixed axial alignment with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body such that the arms act as an obturator relative to the sharpened distal tip portion of the needle body to guard the needle body from causing accidental needle tip trauma; and i) a shaft having an outer surface profile corresponding to an inner surface of the interior lumen of the elongated needle body; and ii) a pair of arms (122, 124) extending distally from the shaft, each of the pair of arms (122, 124) comprising a rod and a grasper, wherein the graspers are biased radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) is in a fixed axial alignment with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body such that the arms act as an obturator relative to the sharpened distal tip portion of the needle body to guard the needle body from causing accidental needle tip trauma; and the handle portion operatively attached a the proximal end portions of both the elongated needle body and the shaft such that the elongated needle body and the shaft can be rotated independent of the handle portion, the handle portion further configured and adapted to advance and retract the elongated needle body over the pair of arms (122, 124) and the shaft, the elongated needle body being biased towards a retracted position to further guard the elongated needle body from accidental needle trauma, and characterised in that: the pair of arms (122, 124) are formed as electrically isolated conductors, and wherein the rods are each encircled by a plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164), the plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164) having a shape corresponding to an inner surface of the handle assembly to maintain the fixed axial alignment of the one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body. the pair of arms (122, 124) are formed as electrically isolated conductors, and wherein the rods are each encircled by a plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164), the plastic overwrap (128, 162, 164) having a shape corresponding to an inner surface of the handle assembly to maintain the fixed axial alignment of the one arm of pair of the arms (122, 124) with the sharpened distal tip portion of the elongated needle body.