Surgical needle and method of manufacturing a surgical needle

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PATENT NO 8783087
APP PUB NO 20120168107A1
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13419495

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In order to develop a surgical needle comprising an elongate needle body and a needle point formed on a distal end of the needle body, wherein the needle body is manufactured in particular from an elongate cylindrical blank, in a way that improves the handling ability of the surgical needle, it is proposed that the needle body has at least one textured-profile lateral face, which comprises at least one textured-profile lateral-face region provided with a textured profile, wherein the textured profile comprises a plurality of indentations and wherein the at least one textured-profile lateral-face region extends as far as the needle point. An improved method of manufacturing a surgical needle is also provided.

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Waeschle, Tobias Koenigsheim, DE 3 6

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