Patent ID: 7776066

Claim:
An endoscopic suture apparatus comprising: a holding member having a connecting portion provided on a proximal end side thereof for connecting the holding member to a distal end portion of an insertion section of an endoscope, the holding member and the distal end portion of the insertion section defining a treatment space, and the holding member having an opening portion provided on a distal end side thereof, through which a living tissue is retreated into the treatment space while the living tissue is urged by the opening portion; a retreating member configured to be movable to hold the living tissue outside the treatment space and retreat the living tissue into the treatment space through the opening portion; a puncture member provided for the holding member, the puncture member being relatively movable with respect to the holding member to puncture the living tissue retreated into the treatment space; a driving member configured to move the puncture member, the driving member being connected to the puncture member on a distal end side and to a puncture control member on a proximal end side; and a suture member configured to puncture the living tissue according to puncture of the puncture member, the suture member suturing the living tissue and kept in a living body; wherein the suture member is separated from the puncture member and is previously held in the holding member, and the puncture member is forwardly moved to support the suture member on its forward end side.