Thermal forming of refractory alloy surgical needles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8821658
APP PUB NO 20120192608A1
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13439095

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A method of thermal forming of refractory alloy suture needles is disclosed. Needle blanks made from refractory alloys are used to form surgical needles, which are heated to a temperature above the ductile to brittle transition temperature but below the recrystallization temperature of the refractory alloy. The heated needle blanks are then mechanically formed into a surgical needle.

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ETHICON INCNEW JERSEY

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Cichocki, Frank R Easton, US 17 246
Demarest, David Parsippany, US 31 652
Nering, Thomas Holland Township, US 11 1077

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