Medical Applications - Measurement of surgical needles

Medical Applications
Orthopaedic Implants	Bio Chips
Dental	Cosmetic / Dermatology
Bio MEMS	Pharmaceutical
Surgical needles	Heart Valves

Surgical Needles

Overview
Standard surgical needles used in the medical arena need excellent quality to ensure efficient performance. They are typically used to transmit or withdraw fluid from the body and as such they need to exhibit excellent flow characteristics. To achieve this they need good internal finish and roundness and cylindricity characteristics. Taylor Hobson have a wide range of experience in addressing the particular requirements of surgical needle manufacturers, which typically entails using special stylii to access the narrow diameters of surgical needles.

Medical Application - Orthopaedic Implants - Hip Implants

There is a large amount of work in the field of microneedles, which are being used in a variety of medical areas, including biopsy and drug delivery. Arrays of hollow microneedles can be used to continuously carry drugs into the body using a simple diffusion or pump system. Hollow microneedles could be used to remove fluid from the body for analysis. Microneedles are opening up new areas of medical opportunity like highly targeted drug administration to individual cells, they are also opening a wide variety of metrology challenges which Taylor Hobson are equipped to handle. The challenges include 3D geometric analysis at the micron and nanometric level. Our product offerings are detailed below, however for complete details please contact your local sales representative.

Talysurf CLI range
A range of 3D measurement systems offering both contact and non contact technology for form and surface finish.

Talysurf CCI range
A range of non contact interferometric systems which offer high precision 3D analysis of surface finish.

Form Talysurf Inductive range
A range of contact profiling systems which offer accurate surface finish on surgical needles.

Talyrond 290 range
Large capacity systems for highly accurate measurement of roundness, form and cone angle on surgical needles.

Talyrond 365
Medium capacity systems for highly accurate measurement of roundness, form and cone angle on surgical needles.

If you do not see medical solutions directly relevant to your specific requirements, please contact your local Taylor Hobson Sales Office. We have a highly skilled team of Applications Engineers who can create custom systems for this and many other high precision industries.