Patent ID: 8663242

Claim:
A surgical needle and a suture, the surgical needle comprising: a long hollow body and two hollow ends, the body comprising a ventral wall and a dorsal wall connected to one another, the dorsal wall being geometrically opposite the ventral wall, the dorsal wall and the ventral wall being in line with the line of the needle, each hollow end comprising a point; and a closed slit provided in the ventral wall, extends between the two hollow ends of the hollow body, the slit lying in the direction of the length of the needle, a length of the slit being superior to 10% of the length of the needle; the suture comprising a stop at one end, the slit having a width greater than a diameter of the suture but less than a dimension of the stop; and wherein the suture being introduced into an interior of the slit such that the stop moves along the length of the slit while being retained at each end of the slit which is closed, the suture being pulled by the needle when an extremity of the suture comprising the stop butts against one of the ends of the slit, thereby permitting threading of the suture through the tissues of a patient following any trajectory, without the suture coming out of the surface before the suture has reached its final destination.