A suturing assembly including a first puncture element including a sharp distalend for puncturing tissue, a second puncture element including a sharp distalend for puncturing tissue, the distal ends of the first and second puncture elementsbeing spaced from each other by a gap, suture thread disposed along a portion ofthe first puncture element, wherein the suture thread is arranged to be grabbedat the distal end of the first puncture element, and a suture grabber positionedat the distal end of the second puncture element.
