Patent ID: 9713573
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61J,A61M,B21D,B21G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing a metal connula, comprising the steps of: providing a metal cannula having a fluid channel defined therein and defining a central longitudinal axis therethrough; cutting a u-shaped notch defining a first segment and a second segment, each of the first and second segments having opposed distal tips; cutting the opposed distal tips of the first segment and the second segment in an acute angle in relation to the central longitudinal axis of the metal cannula forming respective first and second planar faces that face the central longitudinal axis; arranging the opposed distal tips of the first and second segments in a crimping device; and crimping the first and second segments to form a blunt metal tip, the blunt metal tip having a substantially closed distal end and defining a pair of side openings.