Patent ID: 8500758

Claim:
An auxiliary device for a puncture needle assembly having a plurality of puncture needles to secure an organ to an abdominal wall of a patient with a surgical suture, the auxiliary device comprising: a main body having an axis and a plurality of parallel guide grooves extending axially from an outer end to an inner end for receiving the plurality of puncture needles and guiding the plurality of puncture needles along the grooves; a projecting edge part extending from the main body transverse to the axis of the main body and adjacent the outer end of the plurality of guide grooves in the main body, the projecting edge part having a plurality of guide grooves axially aligned with the plurality of guide grooves formed in the main body and configured for receiving the plurality of puncture needles and guiding the plurality of puncture needles along the guide groove in the projecting edge part; and a contact part pivotally attached to the main body for movement between an open position in which the contact part is spaced from the plurality of grooves in the main body part such that the contact part does not contact the plurality of puncture needles when the plurality of puncture needles is received in the plurality of guide grooves in the main body and projecting edge part, and a closed position in which the contact part slidably contacts the plurality of puncture needles when the plurality of puncture needles is received in the plurality of guide grooves in the main body and projecting edge part.