Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tungsten alloy suture needles
- Patent Title (中): 钨合金缝合针
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Application No.: US11611353Application Date: 2006-12-15
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Publication No.: US09358000B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Frank R. Cichocki, Jr. , Eugene D. Reynolds , Robert E. Maurer
- Applicant: Frank R. Cichocki, Jr. , Eugene D. Reynolds , Robert E. Maurer
- Applicant Address: US NJ Somerville
- Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Somerville
- Agent E. Richard Skula
- Main IPC: A61B17/06
- IPC: A61B17/06 ; B21G1/08 ; C22C27/04 ; C22F1/18 ; A61B17/00
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080147117A1 TUNGSTEN ALLOY SUTURE NEEDLES Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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