GB1424953A - Laser manufacture of suture needles - Google Patents

Laser manufacture of suture needles

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Publication number
GB1424953A
GB1424953A GB915774A GB915774A GB1424953A GB 1424953 A GB1424953 A GB 1424953A GB 915774 A GB915774 A GB 915774A GB 915774 A GB915774 A GB 915774A GB 1424953 A GB1424953 A GB 1424953A
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Prior art keywords
wire
suture
drilling
stainless steel
needle
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Expired
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GB915774A
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Wyeth Holdings LLC
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American Cyanamid Co
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06004—Means for attaching suture to needle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21G—MAKING NEEDLES, PINS OR NAILS OF METAL
    • B21G1/00—Making needles used for performing operations
    • B21G1/08—Making needles used for performing operations of hollow needles or needles with hollow end, e.g. hypodermic needles, larding-needles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23H—WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF A TOOL; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL
    • B23H9/00—Machining specially adapted for treating particular metal objects or for obtaining special effects or results on metal objects
    • B23H9/08—Sharpening
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/36—Removing material
    • B23K26/38—Removing material by boring or cutting
    • B23K26/382—Removing material by boring or cutting by boring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/36—Removing material
    • B23K26/38—Removing material by boring or cutting
    • B23K26/382—Removing material by boring or cutting by boring
    • B23K26/389—Removing material by boring or cutting by boring of fluid openings, e.g. nozzles, jets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/36—Removing material
    • B23K26/40—Removing material taking account of the properties of the material involved
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/02—Iron or ferrous alloys
    • B23K2103/04—Steel or steel alloys
    • B23K2103/05—Stainless steel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/50—Inorganic material, e.g. metals, not provided for in B23K2103/02 – B23K2103/26

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)

Abstract

1424953 Making suture needles; swaging; drilling by lasers AMERICAN CYANAMID CO 28 Feb 1974 [22 March 1973] 9157/74 Headings B3A B3H and B3V A stainless steel suture needle is made by drilling a suture receiving hole 16 in the end of a length of stainless steel wire by a pulsed laser, swaging the drilled end over a cylindrical mandrel 19 and tapering the other end of the wire to a point 24. After deburring a cut length of chromium nickel stainless steel wire, a conical hole 16 is formed in one end of the wire by a pulsed ruby laser. The wire may be annealed at 1300‹ F. before and after drilling. The drilled end is chamfered and swaged over a mandrel 19 by a rotary swager 18 to form a cylindrical hole and a reduced diameter end, after which the wire is polished and deburred. After forming the other end of the wire with a tapered portion of triangular section by a swaging operation, the tapered end is ground to a point 24 by mounting a number of needles in a jig which is moved relative to a grinding belt or wheel. The needle is finally electropolished before a surgical suture is inserted into the cylindrical hole and the needle crimped thereto.
GB915774A 1973-03-22 1974-02-28 Laser manufacture of suture needles Expired GB1424953A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US34375373A 1973-03-22 1973-03-22

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GB1424953A true GB1424953A (en) 1976-02-11

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JP (1) JPS49124883A (en)
DE (1) DE2413433A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2222170B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1424953A (en)

Cited By (3)

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US5384945A (en) * 1993-04-21 1995-01-31 United States Surgical Corporation Device for forming drilled needle blanks
EP1048391A2 (en) * 1999-04-26 2000-11-02 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser.
US6683276B2 (en) 1999-04-26 2004-01-27 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming chamfered blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser

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JPS52111294A (en) * 1976-03-16 1977-09-17 Matsutani Seisakusho Suturing yarn with medical iris stylus
JPS5543691U (en) * 1979-06-13 1980-03-21
JPS59230544A (en) * 1984-05-07 1984-12-25 株式会社松谷製作所 Eyeless suturing needle
JPS63212027A (en) * 1987-02-26 1988-09-05 Matsutani Seisakusho:Kk Manufacture of stringed suture needle
WO1989003274A1 (en) * 1987-10-14 1989-04-20 Akademiet For De Tekniske Videnskaber, Svejsecentr Method and application of laser drilling
JPH0211239A (en) * 1989-02-27 1990-01-16 Matsutani Seisakusho:Kk Method for forming hole for eyeless sutural needle
ES2088014T3 (en) * 1990-09-28 1996-08-01 Sulzer Innotec Ag HOLLOW NEEDLE FOR MEDICAL USE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS TYPE OF HOLLOW NEEDLES.
EP0530410A1 (en) * 1991-09-02 1993-03-10 Matsutani Seisakusho Co. Ltd., Method of producing surgical needle with gut
CA2100238A1 (en) * 1992-08-03 1994-02-04 Michael Haroldsen Needles made from non-round stock
US9192375B2 (en) 2012-02-29 2015-11-24 Marker Medical, Llc Surgical apparatus and method

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5384945A (en) * 1993-04-21 1995-01-31 United States Surgical Corporation Device for forming drilled needle blanks
US5479980A (en) * 1993-04-21 1996-01-02 United States Surgical Corporation Method and device for forming drilled needle blanks
EP1048391A2 (en) * 1999-04-26 2000-11-02 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser.
EP1048391A3 (en) * 1999-04-26 2002-11-27 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser.
US6683276B2 (en) 1999-04-26 2004-01-27 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming chamfered blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser
EP1396305A2 (en) * 2002-09-05 2004-03-10 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming chamfered blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd:YAG laser
EP1396305A3 (en) * 2002-09-05 2006-02-15 Ethicon, Inc. Method of forming chamfered blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd:YAG laser

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DE2413433A1 (en) 1974-10-03
FR2222170A1 (en) 1974-10-18
FR2222170B1 (en) 1977-09-30
JPS49124883A (en) 1974-11-29

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