Patent ID: 8876840

Claim:
A suture tool comprising: a first puncture needle for inserting a suture in a patient, said first puncture needle having an insertion hole and a hub having a guide hole at a basal end of the first puncture needle; a suture sized and shaped for insertion into the insertion hole of said first puncture needle for inserting the suture in the patient, said suture having a tip end portion; a second puncture needle for taking out sutures from the patient, said second puncture needle having an insertion hole; a linear grasping member sized and shaped for insertion into said insertion hole of said second puncture needle for removing the suture from the patient, the grasping member having an elongate intra needle and a hook extending obliquely from the intra needle, the hook of said linear grasping member being engageable with a tip end portion of the suture; and a plug removably insertable into the guide hole of the hub to fix the suture in the insertion hole of said first puncture needle.