In the medical field, suturing is the joining of tissues with a needle and "thread," so that the tissues bind together and heal. The "thread" is actually specialised suture material.
Dr Hemant Bhansali (laparoscopic surgeon from Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai) and Dr Rupesh Ghyar (chief scientist at BETiC, OrthoCAD Lab, IIT Bombay) have already developed and patented an auto-suturing device. During this project, problems related to functionality and usability were resolved.
A simpler suturing device was developed, which can be used by surgeons as well as paramedics with reduced cognitive load, resulting in ideal suturing.
The final output of the project is a full-scale model, and the working has been shown in the SolidWorks software with rendered animation.