What Is a Cutting Needle

A cutting needle has at least two opposing cutting edges (the point is usually triangular). This type is designed to penetrate dense, irregular, and relatively thick tissues. The point cuts a pathway through tissue and is ideal for skin sutures. Sharpness is due to the cutting edges.

What do you use cutting needles for?

A conventional cutting needle is used for tough tissue, such as skin, whereas a reverse cutting needle is selected to reduce the risk of tissue cutout. Round-body needles are used in tissues that are easy to penetrate and in crucial procedures such as tendon repair, where suture cutout would be disastrous.

What is a suture needle?

Doctors use suture needles to place the sutures within the tissues. The needle carries the material through the wound with minimal residual trauma.