Patent ID: 8777964

Claim:
A suture and ligature device for medical treatment comprising: a suture and ligature tool for medical treatment that has a suture and ligature member that is formed by a flexible wire material and that sutures or ligatures biological tissue, a fixing member that is able to move freely backwards and forwards relative to the suture and ligature member and that fixes biological tissue in a state in which the biological tissue is sutured or ligatured by the suture and ligature member, and a holding member through which the suture and ligature member is inserted such that it is able to move freely backwards and forwards and that has at least one aperture portion that exposes a portion of the suture and ligature member to the outside; an operating device that has a flexible sheath and a manual operating section; and a cutting member configured to make at least one of a forward or backward movement and a rotational movement relatively to the suture and ligature member, the cutting member comprising an inclined end portion formed at a distal end thereof, which inclined end is inclined relative to the forward and backward direction and the rotational direction and a blade portion, formed at the inclined end portion, which extends along substantially the full length of the inclined end portion, and configured to cut the suture and ligature member.