GRINDLESS SURGICAL NEEDLE MANUFACTURE

摘要

Surgical needles are produced by immersing a needle possessing a distal en d surrounded at least in part by flash material and a body portion in an acid bath according to a predetermined sequence, wherein the distal end of the needle is exposed to t he acid bath under conditions sufficient to remove flash material from the distal end of the needle and the body portion of the needle is exposed to the acid bath under conditions sufficien t to provide a matte finish on at least a portion of the body portion of the needle.