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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Robert Maurer, Somerset, NJ (US);
S. Neil Bar, Somerset, NJ (US);
Eric Hinrichs, Bucks, PA (US);
Michael Hamilton, Somerset, NJ (US);
Thomas Wilkes, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Robert Maurer, Somerset, NJ (US);
S. Neil Bar, Somerset, NJ (US);
Eric Hinrichs, Bucks, PA (US);
Michael Hamilton, Somerset, NJ (US);
Thomas Wilkes, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.