Abstract: Width of a space for receiving staples of a magazine is greater than length of the staples and is less than the sum of the length of the staples to ½ of the diameter of the staples, preferably ? thereof or less. The magazine is formed as half split bodies on either side of a rail along the length thereof, a convex positioning part is provided on one of the half split bodies, a concavity for engaging with the positioning convexity is formed on the other half split body, support holes for engaging with positioning parts are formed in the half split bodies, a locking part for holding engagement with the other half split body is provided on said one of the half split bodies, and a to-be-locked part for engaging with the locking part is formed on the other half split body.

Abstract: A bending method for a straight needle-shaped material which has a thickness decreased from a body portion to a needle point that is inserted between a roller having a processing surface and a belt and is wound around the roller via a separating member. Then the roller is rotated and the belt is wound, thereby pressing and curving the straight needle-shaped material onto the processing surface. In a suture needle, a portion of a tip side including the needle point is formed as a non-restricted portion which is not restricted by the processing surface of the roller, and a portion except for the non-restricted portion is formed as a curved portion which is bent along the processing surface of the roller.

Abstract: A crimping die including a fixed die and a moving die which moves away from or toward the fixed die, and a thread guide arranged closely to the edge of the stop hole formed in the proximal end face of an eyeless needle held by the crimping die and having a surface for guiding the suture thread to the stop hole. The thread guide is arranged such that an external force does not act on the suture thread on the outside of the stop hole formed in the eyeless needle as a crimping operation progresses when the proximal end face of the eyeless needle is crimped by the crimping die, or arranged to move in the direction in which an external force does not act.

Abstract: A suturing needle, comprising needle tip portion (1) having needle tip (1a), tapered portion (2) continuing to needle tip portion (1), trunk portion (3) continuing to tapered portion (2), and thread attaching portion (4) continuing to trunk portion (3); needle tip portion (1) has circular section continuing to sharp needle tip (1a), angular section continuing to sharp needle tip (1a), circular section continuing to blunt needle tip (1a) or angular section continuing to blunt needle tip (1a): wherein trunk portion (3) has the relations R1?R2?R3, when peak (5) or joint portion between the two flat faces has diameter R1, crest of ridges has a roundness of R2, and a valley (7) has roundness R3; and valley (7) is formed to correspond partially to peak (5), and the thickness becomes continuously larger from tapered portion (2) to trunk portion (3).

Abstract: When a biotissue is sutured using a curved medical suture needle, the penetration resistance becomes uniform. In a bending method, a straight needle-shaped material which has a thickness decreased from a body portion to a needle point is inserted between a roller having a processing surface and a belt wound around the roller via a separating member, and then the roller is rotated and the belt is winded, thereby pressing and curving the straight needle-shaped material onto the processing surface. In a suture needle, a portion of a tip side including the needle point is formed as a non-restricted portion which is not restricted by the processing surface of the roller, and a portion except for the non-restricted portion is formed as a curved portion which is bent along the processing surface of the roller.

Abstract: There is provided a magazine capable of preventing jamming of staples in a medical stapler, and reducing manufacturing cost. Width of a space for receiving staples 3 of a magazine 40 is greater than length of the staples 3 and is less than the value resulting from adding length of the staples 3 to ½ of the diameter of the staples, preferably ? thereof or less. In addition to the above configuration, the magazine 40 is formed as half split bodies 41 and 42 on either side of a rail along the length thereof, a convex positioning part 41a is provided on one of the half split bodies, a concavity 42a for engaging with the positioning convexity is formed on the other half split body, support holes 41c and 42c for engaging with positioning parts are formed in the half split bodies, a locking part 41b for holding engagement with the other half split body is provided on said one of the half split bodies, and a to-be-locked part 42b for engaging with the locking part is formed on the other half split body.

Abstract: A surgical cutlery and a manufacturing method thereof, which prevent over-etching and reduce pierce resistance, are provided. The manufacturing method of the surgical cutlery made of a round bar material 15 of austenitic stainless steel with a fibrous structure includes the steps of: forming a working portion 16 of the cutlery from the round bar material 15 for piercing or cutting a living tissue, wherein the fibrous structure runs along an axis a; forming a wheel mark 24 on the working portion of the surgical cutlery; and etching the working portion 23 after etching. The etching is performed to the limit that allows creation of a plurality of craters on the working portion, but does not allow creation of grooves along the fibrous structure. Afterwards, application of silicone is performed on the resulting surface.

Abstract: A work 10 made of a hard wire rod of austenitic stainless steel is pressed at a rolling reduction of 60% or greater, into a paddle-shaped end 10b, and then subjected to work hardening, making the hardness of the end 10b 550 Hv or greater. Afterwards, the paddle-shaped end 10b is cut through machining, forming a main body 10c of a medical knife and cutting blades 10d. As a result, a medical knife, which is easily fabricated, is corrosion resistant, has sufficient hardness and sharpness, high toughness preventing cracks, can be provided.

Abstract: A medical knife of the invention having a cutting edge formed along the outer periphery of a blade portion includes a shank; and a blade portion formed continuously from the shank, the blade portion includes a tip portion including a tip whose projected plane shape is formed at an extreme end portion; a maximum width portion having a largest width: a side surface portion formed between the tip portion and the maximum width portion; a cutting edge; a first slanting surface formed along the cutting edge; and a second slanting surface formed along the first slanting surface, wherein the first slanting surface constituting the tip portion has a width larger than that of the first slanting surface constituting the side surface.

Abstract: There is provided a method of bending a medical suturing needle curved at different curvature radii in a length direction more reasonably.

Abstract: Provided is a medical suturing needle or a round needle having a circular section, which is balanced between the magnitude of an insertion resistance to living tissues and the difficulty in damaging gloves, thereby to improve the safety. The medical suturing needle (A) comprises a ball-shaped needle tip (1), a tapered portion (2) continuing to the needle tip (1), and a trunk portion (3) continuing to the tapered portion (2). The ball of the needle tip (1) has a diameter of 0.25 mm to 0.34 mm, and the tapered portion (2) has a tapering angle of 8.5 degrees to 9.4 degrees.

Abstract: A surgical saw for cutting bone that can be used with ease in tight places yet maintain sufficient cutting power. The surgical saw 10 has a flexible linear body made of twisted stainless steel wire and cutting parts formed on the flexible linear body. The cutting parts are made of abrasive material affixed to the flexible linear body 12a alternating with portions of the flexible linear body with no abrasive particles 12b. Auxiliary cutting parts 13 of lesser cutting power may be provided along both lateral sides of each of the cutting parts 12.

Abstract: A triangular suture needle having a low thrust resistance and a press mold suitable for manufacturing the same are provided. The triangular suture needle includes: an angular triangular prism-shaped part (100a) on the needlepoint side; a rounded triangular prism-shaped part (100b) connecting to the needle base side of said triangular prism-shaped part; and a thread attaching part (100c) in a needle base end. The entire angular triangular prism-shaped part (100a) is ground, forming a pointed, sharpened part (100d) with a sharp tip. Furthermore, width (w1) of the thickest portion of the sharpened part (100d) is greater than width (w2) of the rounded triangular prism-shaped part connecting to that portion.

Abstract: There is provided a hole opening device and a hold opening method for an eyeless needle capable of accurately aligning the center of a needle material and the optical axis of a laser beam as well as opening a hole precisely even with a thin needle material. A plurality of needle materials 1 are arranged in a row and mounted on a table 21, base ends of several needle materials 1 are photographed by a camera 25, a needle material 1 to be processed is located from the photographed image, and the center location of the needle material is calculated. The optical axis of a laser of a laser oscillator and center location of a base end of the needle material 1 to be processed are matched, and a hole 1c of a predetermined depth is opened by the laser.

Abstract: In an eyeless sewing needle, a periphery of an axial hole at the base end is heated to make a fibrous structure be a granular structure without directionality, and at least a part of a heat-affected zone made between the fibrous structure and the granular structure due to the heating is within a range that is three times the diameter of the sewing needle and that extends from an effective base of the axial hole towards the needlepoint. This allows provision of a flexible sewing needle so that the hole periphery can be processed while keeping a hard state at the position of the needlepoint slightly away from the axial hole.

Abstract: A stainless steel bur, which can cut minute depressions etc. and even healthy dentin when necessary, allowing a technician to detect when cutting the healthy dentin is provided. It includes a removable handle (11) connected to a hand piece on the base side, a working section (12) to which a cutting blade for cutting teeth is attached to the tip, and the working section and the handle are connected to a tapered intermediate section (13). This steel bur is formed into a fiber structure by hardening austenitic stainless steel through wire drawing. Since the tapered part bends and generates vibrations when the working section is rotated to cut healthy dentin, it can be understood that the healthy dentin is being cut, and excessive cutting may be prevented. Alternatively, excessive cutting may be prevented by processing from the maximum diameter of the working section to the tip thereof through etching or the like to round cutting blade edge and make a blunt edge.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an eyeless needle by which a satisfactory hole can be formed in the end surface of a fine suture needle having a needle diameter less than 150 micrometers is proposed. In a method for manufacturing an eyeless needle by forming a hole for inserting and fixing one end of a suture thread by caulking in the end surface of the eyeless suture needle made of stainless steel, the hole is formed by irradiating the end surface of a needle material thicker by 6 to 20 micrometers than a desired needle diameter of the suture needle less than 150 micrometers with one shot of a laser beam, and subsequently, a portion thicker than the desired needle diameter is removed by electrolytic polishing or chemical polishing.

Abstract: There is provided a method of bending a medical suturing needle curved at different curvature radii in a length direction more reasonably.

Abstract: A tapered cutting edge portion and a continuous raised portion from the tapered cutting edge portion are ground in an edge portion of a straight grinding raw material so that an eccentricity is not generated. In a method for grinding a treatment device, one end portion of a tapered grinding raw material is inserted between a grinding surface of a grindstone and a pressing surface of a press block, and finishing surfaces opposite each other while having a predetermined dimension, shape, and angle are ground so that a direction in which abrasive grains of the grindstone run corresponds to a direction of a shaft center. At this point, before the finishing surfaces are ground in the predetermined dimension, shape, and angle which are previously set corresponding to an objective reamer, pre-grinding is performed while a necessary finishing margin with respect to at least one of the surfaces, and then finishing grinding is performed to the other surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental grinding bur with a coating material on an identification part that does not peel off easily and does not require formation of a groove in order to apply the coating material on the identification part. It includes a rod-shaped base 11, a grinding part 11b, which is at the tip of the base and fixated with abrasive grains, and an identification part 11a, which is at the periphery of the base adjacent to a grinding part and coated with an insulating, pigmented coating material. The identification part 11a has a uniform circumferential thickness, and the central portion of the identification part 11a is coated to be in a thick mountain-shaped curve. Consequently, forming of a groove for applying the coating material in the identification part is not needed, and the coating material on the identification part does not peel off easily.