Device Category Dossier

Needle, suture, general-purpose

Device Category Dossier for Needle, suture, general-purpose. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Suture needles are cylindrical solid instruments of various diameters with distal tips configured in various geometrical forms, used to insert and pull suture material through superficial tissue to unite two tissue surfaces. They are used in general surgical procedures to insert and pull suture material through superficial tissue such as skin or superficial fascia.