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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Teruyuki Yatabe, Yamanashi, JP;
Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Teruyuki Yatabe, Yamanashi, JP;
Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An injection needle that can reduce the pain associated with piercing a patient's skin with a needle. The needle has a needle tip provided by forming at least two or more ground surfaces after a first ground surface is formed at the tip of a needle tube. The needle tip is not present on a central plane, which is the plane that crosses vertically the first ground surface and includes a central axis of the needle tube.