Cooper Ligature Needle

Currently, dental surgeons perform many surgical interventions in the maxillofacial area under local anesthetic treatment without general anesthesia. To carry out these manipulations, it is necessary to quickly and painlessly install ligatures that ensure retention of the sutures. Along with the Shabrov obturator, the Cooper method is the only method that ensures reliable retention of the threads.

Cooper ligature needle - a Kocher needle, curved at an angle, designed to hold the thread while passing the needle through tissue. For the first time, such a needle with a side tip with a diameter of 0.6 mm and a length of 59 mm was used by the Swiss dental surgeon Ludwig Otus. Since then, many surgeons have contributed to the technique of using this needle to press the ligature tightly. IN