Cutting edge and tapercut needles having a blunt tip

Details Cutting edge and tapercut needles having a blunt tip Cutting edge and tapercut needles having a blunt tip

1993-10-18

1994-08-30

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Suturing needle

606224, A61B 1700

Patent

active

053423976

ABSTRACT:
Blunt tip cutting edge needles which are suitable for use in suturing cutaneous tissues of the body while at the same time significantly reducing the probability of skin penetration of the gloved hand of an operator are disclosed. The needle includes a blunt tip and an integral cutting section having at least one cutting edge. The blunt tip blends smoothly with an outer surface of a distal end of the cutting portion such that the blunt tip has no sharp edges or discontinuities.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4133339 (1979-01-01), Naslund
patent: 4392495 (1983-07-01), Bayers
patent: 4607505 (1986-08-01), Dunker et al.
patent: 4966143 (1990-10-01), Meinershagen
patent: 5123910 (1992-06-01), McIntosh

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