High modulus materials for surgical needles

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A61B 17/06 (2006.01) A61L 31/00 (2006.01) B21G 1/08 (2006.01) C22C 27/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2133609

Disclosed are sterile surgical needles formed of alloys of tungsten and a second metal selected from the group consisting of rhenium, rhodium and iridium. The needles exhibit a tensile yield strength in excess of 250,000 psi and a tensile modulus of elasticity in excess of 45 × 10 6 psi, and have advantageously high ductility.

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