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Needle Features |
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- Made of special surgical grade 400 Series stainless steel to provide both strength and flexibility.
- Stronger, sharper, and enhanced ductility produced in a totally automated factory with the highest ISO quality standards
- We provide World Class needles quality equal to, or better than, any other top needle on the market today at a very reasonable price.
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Connection Strength |
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All of our needles are drill end to reduce patient trauma, to give maximum connection strength between thread and needles and to provide minimal tissue drag.
If you are currently using channeled needles it is time to switch to our drill end needles so you provide the best quality sutures to your patient. |
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USP (size) |
Strength in Pounds |
11-0 |
0.02 |
10-0 |
0.02 |
9-0 |
0.06 |
8-0 |
0.11 |
7-0 |
0.15 |
6-0 |
0.27 |
5-0 |
0.50 |
4-0 |
1.00 |
3-0 |
1.75 |
2-0 |
2.50 |
0 |
4.00 |
1 |
4.80 |
2 |
4.80 |
3 |
5.00 |
4 |
5.00 |
5 |
5.00 |
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Needle Types |
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Code |
Point |
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D
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Diamond
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BP
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Blunt Point
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RC
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Reverse Cutting
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PR
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Premiun Reverse Cutting
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T
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Taper Point (Round Bodied)
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TA
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Taper Cut
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SC
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Straight Cutting
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SP
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Spatula
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Needle Shape |
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The choice of needle shape is
usually determined by the accessibility of the tissue to be sutured, and normally the more confined the operative site the greater the curvature required. The basic shapes involved are:
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