Rapid thermal treatment for enhancing bending stiffness and yield moment curved needles

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2008334959 (hide)

Owner Ethicon, Inc.

Inventors Cichocki, Jr. Frank Richard; Demarest, David; Reynolds, Eugene D.; Hollin, Gregory

Agent Callinan

Pub. Number AU-B-2008334959

PCT Pub. Number WO2009/076615

Priority 11/956,105 13.12.07 US

Filing date 12 December 2008

Wipo publication date 18 June 2009

Acceptance publication date 20 September 2012

International Classifications

C21D 9/00 Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, adapted for particular articles

A61B 17/06 Surgery - Needles

B21G 1/00 Making needles used for performing operations

C21D 9/26 Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, adapted for particular articles - for needles

Event Publications

8 July 2010 PCT application entered the National Phase

  PCT publication WO2009/076615 Priority application(s): WO2009/076615

20 September 2012 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2008334959

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