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Blunt tip surgical needle

  • US 5,123,910 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1990
  • Issued: 06/23/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of decreasing the transmission of infectious diseases caused by accidental needle stick during suturing of soft non-cutaneous tissues of the body, comprising the steps of:

  • piercing the non-cutaneous tissues with a suture needle; and

    preventing skin penetration of the gloved hand of an operator by said suture needle, said prevention step being accomplished by employing a suture needle having a blunt tip.

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