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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Sung K. Lee, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles L. Thomas, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Sung K. Lee, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles L. Thomas, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 1/46 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for creating a beveled needle or a blade. The method employs a side wall surface of an angled post as a base to control beveled tip geometry. The invention provides needles, microneedle arrays, blades and microblade arrays with sufficient sharpness and toughness.