Abstract: 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.
Abstract: A travelling wave tube comprising a tube and a helix mounted in the tube, the helix being made of diamond and being coated at least partially with an electrically conductive material.
Abstract: A diamond tool comprises a diamond (4) with a cutting edge (5) which diamond is encased in a sinter mass (7) which is brazed to the front end of a tool shank (1). The diamond (4) is brazed to a metal connection block (6) which is encased in the sinter mass (7) together with the diamond.