METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING microsurgical suture needles, AND THUS OBTAINED MICRO suture needles.

摘要

Microsurgical suture needles are made by providing a precious stone plate with main surfaces extending obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis. A metal shank is provided with an end face extending correspondingly obliquely with respect to its longitudinal axis. The precious stone plate is attached with one main surface on the oblique end face of the metal shank. The other main surface of the precious stone plate is ground and provided with a sharp tip and cutting edges.