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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Terumo Europe NV, Leuven, BE;
Dirk Brandt, Woubrechtegem, BE;
Geert Zephirin, Baal, BE;
Luc Machiels, Nieuwerkerken, BE;
Ludo Daniels, Tongeren, BE;
Kurt Liesens, Tongeren, BE;
Pieter Casteleyn, Herent, BE;
Chris Fripon, Haasrode, BE;
Jeroen Coppens, Hasselt, BE;
TERUMO EUROPE NV, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to a needle assembly that includes a needle having a textured portion and non-textured portion adjacent to the textured portion, and a hub arranged over at least a part of the textured portion of the needle. The textured portion includes laser etched grooves formed on an outer surface of the needle and oriented in a circumferential direction of the needle. Each of the laser etched grooves has two protruded portions and a dented portion interposed between the two protruded portions. Each of the two protruded portions has a top surface located above an outer surface of non-textured portion, and the dented portion has a bottom surface located below the outer surface of non-textured portion.