We offer a complete range of needles, extending from the smallest micro-needles for ophthalmic surgery to the largest post mortem needles; veterinary needles for animal surgery. All needles manufactured are subjected to a rigid Quality Assurance protocol.

The grade of steel used is martensitic grade of stainless to German specification Werkstoff nr. 1.4031, equivalent to BS: EN 56D, JIS: SUS 420 J2 or AISI: 420. The selection of this grade is as per international practice for manufacture of superior quality suture needles. The steel wire is imported from some of the world’s best manufacturers, either from UK, USA or Japan. The composition is further restricted to ensure better harden ability and corrosion resistance of the needles. Close control of the metallurgical properties is achieved by hardening the needles in a controlled atmosphere muffle furnace, followed by tempering in a re-circulating type furnace. The hardness is controlled to VPN 525 – 625, which ensures adequate stiffness while eliminating brittleness.

All needle points are honed to ensure the highest standards of sharpness. The needles are polished to remove micro-asperities on the surface by a series of mechanical operations followed by electro-polishing. This reduces tissue drag to a minimum during the suturing operation. Needles are also offered with a ‘ribbed’ body to increase the stiffness of the needle body and to improve the stability in the needle holder when used by the surgeon.

These types of needles have a channel forged at one end into which the suture is placed and then “crimped” in a special crimping machine. These types of needles cause less trauma to the patient because they are smoother to go through the tissue. For this reason channel needles are categorized as atraumatic needles. The channels are cold forged to close tolerances to ensure that final dimensions of the channel correspond to the suture diameter. Furthermore, the needles manufactured are uniformly heat-treated. Most manufacturers anneal the channel end to avoid cracking during crimping. The metallurgy of needles permits a hardened channel to be crimped satisfactorily without any problems; this results in uniform metallurgy of the needle and thereby improved corrosion resistance as well as resistance to bending.