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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Butwell, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Robert A Hlavacek, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Carl Monti, Brookfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Group S.a.r.l., , LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606222 ; 163-5 ;
Abstract
A curved surgical needle and a method for producing the same from a solid sheet of material rather than from coiled wire including the steps of drilling a bore in one edge of the material, grinding an edge opposite the drilled edge to form a sharpened point, curving the material and cutting the material at a point of equal distance between each drilled bored to provide a surgical needle. A suture is then attached to the surgical needle, optionally lubricated, sterilized, and packaged by suitable means known in the art.