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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Naokatsu Osawa, Nagoya, JP;
Ryuta Iijima, Nagoya, JP;
Masashi Ichihashi, Mizuho, JP;
Junji Yamano, Kariya, JP;
Shigeki Yoshida, Toyoake, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A suturing device includes a plurality of suture needles, a first-thread holding mechanism, a needle moving mechanism, and a thread turning structure. The thread turning structure is configured to locally turn a portion of a first thread hooked on a distal end portion of each of a plurality of suture needles in the first thread stretched in a first direction around a needle axis thereof such that the portion of the first thread extends in a direction along a third direction intersecting the first direction and a second direction, in a state where the plurality of suture needles have been moved in the second direction. Each of the plurality of suture needles has a side surface formed with a threading recessed groove extending through the side surface in the first direction in a state where each of the plurality of suture needles has been moved in the second direction.