Specialty Needles

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Specialty Needles

TE Connectivity offer turnkey design, development and manufacturing services for complex specialty needles. From handle to tip, we specialize in sophisticated needle designs for biopsies, implantation and transeptal crossing.

TE Connectivity is a single source supplier for specialty needles from handle to tip.  Our products and process capabilities for metal, polymer and composite tubing, coupled with our innovative technologies and unparalleled expertise in metallurgy and polymer science makes us, a premier supply partner. Our sophisticated manufacturing processes enable a seamless manufacturing solution for your specialty needles.

Needle Handle

Design a Needle Online

Technical Capabilities

  • Size range: 7 - 26 Gauge
  • Wall Thickness: RW, TW, XTW
  • Lengths: Up to 2250 mm
  • Custom lengths, sizes & wall thickness a speciality
  • Materials: Medical grade stainless steel; Advanced alloys & exotic metals; MRI compatible materials; Polymers; Braid Reinforced; Composites; Needle tubing & wire
  • Custom specifications available

Process Capabilities

  • Grinding
  • Laser Processing - Cutting, Welding, Marking
  • Burr Free cutting
  • Laser Welding & MicroWelding
  • Micromachining
  • Injection & Insert molding
  • Coating
  • Swaging
  • Brazing
  • Forming/Bending
  • Electropolishing
  • Electro Chemical Marking
  • Bead/Sand Blasting
  • Cleaning
  • Testing
  • 3-D Rapid Prototyping & SLA
  • Laser marking - metals & polymers
  • Polymer Overjackets
  • Internal Lumen Liners
Metals Cleaning & Assembly Molding & Extrusion
  • ECGM Grinding (SS & Nitinol)
  • Laser Processing
  • Echogenic Profiling
  • Burr free cutting
  • Micromachining
  • Coating
  • Forming / Bending
  • Laser Marking
  • Ultrasonic cleaning & passivation
  • Electro polishing
  • UV and epoxy bonding
  • Nitinol bonding
  • Soldering
  • Laser Welding & MicroWelding
  • Injection & insert molding
  • Overmolding
  • Internal lumen liners
  • Extrusions & overjackets

TE Connectivity's sophisticated manufacturing processes enable a seamless manufacturing solution for specialty needles from handle to tip.

Needle Points

High precision needle tips are manufactured to your specification from standard hypodermic needle points to complex multi-faceted designs. All tips are precision ground for uniform sharpness to maximize efficacy in use. A unique manufacturing process achieves sophisticated point geometries for the most advanced clinical applications.

Cannula

Precision manufactured cannulae are available in a range of standard and customized styles.

Trocars & Stylets

Tube and wire based trocars and stylets are available in both standard or custom designs.

Needle Shaft Marking

Needle shafts can be marked using a number of process approaches – pad printing, laser marking & chemical etching. Mark types include depth markers, text and numeric symbols.

Needle Shaping

Needle shafts can be bent or curved in a variety of configurations.

Echogenic Enhancement

Echogenic enhancement is provided for specialty needles used under ultrasound guidance. Echogenic needle profiling is provided via laser and mechanical based processes.

Handles, Hubs and Deployment Systems

TE Connectivity provides a range of manufacturing technologies to produce the handle, hub, luer or connector required for your specialty needle. Standard or customized solutions can be provided.

Technologies include:

  • Injection molded components
  • Insert molding
  • Assembly
  • Micro machined metal components
Technical Capabilities
  • Size range: 7 – 26 Gauge
  • Wall Thickness: RW, TW, XTW
  • Lengths: Up to 2250 mm
  • Custom lengths, sizes & wall thickness a specialty
Materials
  • Medical grade stainless steel
  • Advanced alloys & exotic metals
  • MRI compatible materials
  • Polymers
  • Braid Reinforced
  • Composites
  • Needle tubing & wire
  • Custom specifications available
Process Capabilities
  • Grinding
  • Laser Processing (cutting, welding, marking)
  • Burr Free cutting
  • Laser Welding & MicroWelding
  • Micromachining
  • Injection & Insert molding
  • Coating
  • Swaging
  • Brazing
  • Forming/Bending
  • Electropolishing
  • Electro Chemical Marking
Javelin™

Javelin is an advanced alloy for specialty needles that enables superior clinical outcomes.

Javelin exhibits:
  • Up to 95% improvement in shape set resilience
  • Column strength up to 30% higher
  • Up to 35% harder material
Javelin enables:
  • Superior physician control
  • Accurate navigation to sample site
  • Easier biopsy penetration
  • Maintains needle efficacy during repeat deployment
Superior Penetration

Javelin™ has greater penetration ability and exhibits superior hardness over Stainless Steel. In tests, Javelin™ demonstrated up to 24% increased hardness over 304SS.

Penetration Test

19G electro polished needles – Javelin™ and 304SS, with the same tip design were tested for penetration ability. Each needle was loaded in a mechanical tester and advanced under equal test parameters to penetrate a 3mm membrane – simulating in vivo use.