Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a clubhead coupled to the shaft by a hosel. The clubhead includes a face, a toe at a distal end of the clubhead and a heel at an opposite distal end of the clubhead and opposite the toe. The clubhead further includes a magnesium insert disposed on the face of the clubhead between the toe and heel of the clubhead as a striking surface of the clubhead. The clubhead even further includes weighting material of a second density that is more than a first density of a material of the clubhead in place of a portion of the material of the clubhead.

Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a clubhead coupled to the shaft by a hosel. The clubhead includes a face, a toe at a distal end of the clubhead and a heel at an opposite distal end of the clubhead and opposite the toe. The clubhead further includes a magnesium insert disposed on the face of the clubhead between the toe and heal of the clubhead as a striking surface of the clubhead. The clubhead even further includes weighting material of a second density that is more than a first density of a material of the clubhead in place of a portion of the material of the clubhead.

Abstract: A golf club with a club head comprising a body defining a volume, a shaft coupled to the club head, and a balance point established above the sole and no further away from the sole than five inches is provided. A method for creating a club head with enhanced balance point placement can also be provided. The method can include, in a golf club formed from a club head coupled to a shaft, moving a balance point from a position between no less than seven inches and no more than eighteen inches measured from the sole along a longitudinal axis of the shaft between a butt of the shaft and a sole of the club head to a position no further away from the sole than five inches measured from the sole along a longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting surgical needles includes a needle holding apparatus having a movable jaw structure. The jaw structure is releasably biased in a closed position for holding needles in a predetermined position. The jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween.The needle holding apparatus may be removably positionable on a work surface such that the needle holding apparatus may interface with a needle loading apparatus. The needle loading apparatus provides accommodating means capable of containing a multiplicity of needles. A needle advancing structure, such as a movable track, advances the needles in a predetermined fashion from the accommodating means. The needle advancing structure positions needles such that said jaw structure of the holding apparatus can selectively grasp the needles and transport the needle to another location.

Abstract: Article of manufacture comprising a golf club shaft is described as having a grip region which approximates the diameter of a standard golf club with a compliant grip. Applied to the shaft is an ultra thin grip with a view to reducing the overall weight of the shaft and thereby shifting the balance point of a golf club incorporating the shaft to a region just proximate the head.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting surgical needles includes a needle holding apparatus having a movable jaw structure. The jaw structure is releasably biased in a closed position for holding needles in a predetermined position. The jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween. The needle holding apparatus may be removably positionable on a work surface such that the needle holding apparatus may interface with a needle loading apparatus. The needle loading apparatus provides accommodating means capable of containing a multiplicity of needles. A needle advancing structure, such as a movable track, advances the needles in a predetermined fashion from the accommodating means. The needle advancing structure positions needles such that said jaw structure of the holding apparatus can selectively grasp the needles and transport the needle to another location.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming curved surgical needles is provided which includes a needle curving system for imparting an arcuate profile to sequentially presented needle blanks and a rotating system for pressing the needle blank against the curving system. The apparatus also includes needle supply and advancing systems for sequentially feeding and advancing the needle blanks to the needle curving system.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming curved surgical needles is provided which includes a needle curving system for imparting an arcuate profile to sequentially presented needle blanks and a rotating system for pressing the needle blank against the curving system. The apparatus also includes needle supply and advancing systems for sequentially feeding and advancing the needle blanks to the needle curving system.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting surgical needles includes a needle holding apparatus having a movable jaw structure. The jaw structure is releasably biased in a closed position for holding needles in a predetermined position. The jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween.The needle holding apparatus may be removably positionable on a work surface such that the needle holding apparatus may interface with a needle loading apparatus. The needle loading apparatus provides accommodating means capable of containing a multiplicity of needles. A needle advancing structure, such as a movable track, advances the needles in a predetermined fashion from the accommodating means. The needle advancing structure positions needles such that said jaw structure of the holding apparatus can selectively grasp the needles and transport the needle to another location.