EP 2152449 A1 20100217 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURVING SURGICAL NEEDLES
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURVING SURGICAL NEEDLES
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM KRÜMMEN VON CHIRURGISCHEN NADELN
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE RECOURBER LES AIGUILLES CHIRURGICALES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2008061101 W 20080422
- US 92661307 P 20070427
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2008134295A1] An apparatus and corresponding manufacturing method for configuring a surgical needle such that the surgical needle has a barrel having a substantially elongate configuration and a point having a substantially curvilinear configuration are disclosed. First and second curving members having an axis of rotation are disposed adjacent and separated by a gap. Third and fourth curving members are slidably disposed in a path traversing the first and second curving members. When a surgical needle is inserted into the gap, the third and fourth curving members can be slid in the path to impose a holding force on the barrel of the needle and can be further slid in the path to cause curvature of the point of the needle by one of the first and second curving members. A corresponding method of manufacturing the needle having a curved point substantially without causing curvature of the barrel is also disclosed.
IPC 8 full level
B21F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B21F 1/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B21G 1/08 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2008134295A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA MK RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2008134295 A1 20081106; EP 2152449 A1 20100217; US 2010043515 A1 20100225
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2008061101 W 20080422; EP 08746508 A 20080422; US 52406608 A 20080422