A new suturing needle.

A new suturing needle.

New needle-holder for corneal suturing.

A new needle holder facilitating palm grip suturing.

PURPOSE The finger grip and the palm grip are the most common needle holder grips for hand suturing in surgery. The major advantages of the palm grip are an increased versatility and the possibility to apply controlled force. However, there is a risk for a potential loss of precision and uncontrolled movement of the needle when disengaging the ratchet mechanism of the palmed instrument. The pur...

A training phantom for ultrasound-guided needle insertion and suturing.

PURPOSE During gynecologic brachytherapy (BT), suturing and image-guided needle insertions are highly skill-dependent tasks. Medical residents often have to practice these techniques in the operating room; this is sub-optimal for many reasons. We present a fast and low-cost method of building realistic and disposable gynecologic phantoms, which can be used to train physicians new to gynecologic...

A Miniature Needle-holder for the Finest Suturing.

MANY needle-holders are in use and each surgeon has his own preferences for different kinds of suturing, in different kinds of tissues, and in different positions of the surgical field. The position presents a difficult problem and there is often a need for greater accuracy and manoeuverability than is possible with the conventional needle-holders. To meet the need for such an instrument, a "Ho...