suturing needle

He produced a curved suturing needle and damped it in the jaws of the forceps.

Another form of locking forceps is the needle holder, used to guide a suturing needle through tissue.

Chayla had watched for it, knowing she could set broken bones, clean the worst wounds, ply suturing needles as necessary without worrying about the patient's agony.

A needle holder, also called needle driver, is a surgical instrument, similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold a suturing needle for closing wounds during suturing and surgical procedures.

At 9 p.m. on a Friday, the doorman at Mr. Lasowitz's Greenwich Village apartment helped Joan Bryson, the midwife, carry her oxygen tank and small bag of tools - scissors, suturing needles, clamps and a device for listening to the baby's heart - to the second floor.