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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Frank R. Cichocki, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Eugene D. Reynolds, Avon by the Sea, NJ (US);
Robert E. Maurer, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Frank R. Cichocki, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Eugene D. Reynolds, Avon by the Sea, NJ (US);
Robert E. Maurer, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); B21G 1/08 (2006.01); C22C 27/04 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); B21G 1/08 (2013.01); C22C 27/04 (2013.01); C22F 1/18 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for making a curved tungsten alloy suture needle comprising the step of heating tungsten alloy needle blanks or a tungsten alloy suture needle to a temperature below the recrystallization temperature of the alloy. The tungsten alloy suture needles described herein have a desirable combination of stiffness, strength, ductility, and surface color.