A suture removal tool grabs, cuts, and removes a suture. The tool includes two arms, a first arm including a single fixed grasping and cutting tip, and the second arm having a fixed cutting tip and a springed grasping tip. When the arms are closed, the grasping and cutting tip of the first arm first contacts the springed grasping tip of the second arm to grasp the suture. As the arms are further closed, the suture is held by the grasping tips, and the cutting tip of the second arm slides past the cutting tip of the first arm, cutting the suture. The cut suture remains grasped between the grasping tips, and may be pulled free. In one embodiment, the suture removal tool is made by cold stamping two mm thick stainless steel, producing burred cutting and/or grasping edges.
