US 12,408,912 B1
Suturing assembly including a double-headed curved needle
Rakan Ibrahim Nazer, Riyadh (SA); and Ali Mufraih Albaratti, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, Riyadh (SA)
Filed by KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, Riyadh (SA)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/039,417.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06066 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0609 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suturing assembly, comprising:
a needle, the needle having:
a first end defining a first tip of the needle;
a second end defining a second tip of the needle, and
a needle body extending between said first and second ends, the needle body including:
a cavity that extends throughout the needle body, along a length of the needle body, between said first and second ends, and
a slit extending along the length of the needle body, between said first and second ends, the slit exposing the cavity of the needle body to an outside of the needle body along the length of the needle body, wherein at least a portion of the needle body is curved along the length of the needle body;
a suture thread; and
a flexible member, said flexible member having:
a first end;
a second end; and
a flexible member body extending between the first and second ends of the flexible member,
wherein the first end of the flexible member or a portion of the flexible member body is connected to an interior side surface of the needle body that defines the cavity,
wherein the suture thread is connected to the flexible member body and extends from the second end of the flexible member body, and
wherein the needle body includes a cutback of the slit adjacent to a location where the first end of the flexible member or the portion of the flexible member body is connected to the interior side surface of the needle body, the cutback increasing a width of the slit.