Syringes and needles

Nurses General Nursing

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ok, I know how syringes are made (either extruded or molded plastic, probably both...)

but...

(dont mind me, I'm thinking deep)

how do they get the holes in the needles?

--Barbara

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Now that's going to keep me up tonight! Yeti, I haven't a clue.

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hmm... the debate has plagued me for years!!!

any info would be great!

--Barbara

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hmmmm.....good question....

when d'ja have time to think of it????? ;)

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I was looking at a 25g needle... and wondering, is it drilled through, but, the hole is smooth, so thats probably not it...

plus, would need a really small drill...

but, it can be stretched from a larger piece of tubing, but, then you'd have a certain degree of occlusion from where the metal hits together sometimes... plus, you'd have bent pieces, as 25 g is very very small...

so, I dunno...

--Barbara

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oh sheesh, now ya got me goin'.... LOL

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I believe most (if not all) hypodermic needles are made from stainless steel tubing that is cut to size and then sharpened. Then it gets bonded to the plastic hub.

http://www.popperandsons.com/needletubing/index.asp?maincategory=needletubing

And how is tubing made, you ask?

http://www.webcoindustries.com/tubing/technical_services/stainless_process.asp

bob

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bob-

interesting...

--Barbara

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Specializes in NICU.

AND for that matter...

How do they make those holiday cookies that come packaged in a tube that have the cute holiday pictures perfectly formed along the entire length of the cookie dough in the very middle? I think Pillsbury makes them. Y'all know the ones I mean?

Same space-age technology I bet!

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ooh.. that I know... first they make the colored part layering the colors to form the thingie... then, they cover w/ the other dough, then stretch and smooth

I think...

--Barbara

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