Surgical needle configuration with star shaped cross-section

Details Surgical needle configuration with star shaped cross-section Surgical needle configuration with star shaped cross-section

1989-10-19

1991-03-26

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Suturing needle

A61B 1706

Patent

active

050025651

ABSTRACT:
A needle having ten edges, forming a star-shaped cross-section. The needle also presents a tapered end. With reduced cross-sectional area, the improved needle results in easier tissue penetration, better wound opening area performance, and minimized tissue distortion. In an alternate embodiment, wound opening is further reduced by creating an eight-sided, star-shaped needle cross-section.

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patent: 4799484 (1989-01-01), Smith et al.
patent: 4932961 (1990-06-01), Wong et al.

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