The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.
申请公布号
WO2011056453(A1)
申请公布日期
2011.05.12
申请号
WO2010US53552
申请日期
2010.10.21
申请人
ETHICON, INC.;MAURER, ROBERT;BAR, S., NEIL;HINRICHS, ERIC;HAMILTON, MICHAEL;WILKES, THOMAS
发明人
MAURER, ROBERT;BAR, S., NEIL;HINRICHS, ERIC;HAMILTON, MICHAEL;WILKES, THOMAS