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a Ws are Intornstet in Iocating the popaible place or mnmufacturo ar salos cutlots in for a purgieal noedle vhiah woald fit the doecription as followat

b. Prior analyais of the needlle indicatoa that it is mde of high carbon tool atoel. It is coroood of ocattored spheroids of cemottito in a matrix of tempored mrtanoita with traceo,of impuritios of, , Al, Ho, Sa, Gu, Ca, Cr 81, Hg, In
de The needlo ia Inbeddod in n bruad cap tth a nachino threadod Perrule doaiged to sares onto the. top. of a... collapeiblo tubei The Vhole dovico appoaro to bo designcd to injoot an umimown Jelly-lika sulotance.

Spooifio queotiount

à.  La thía type of needls and cap arrargonont ccron to
any. kown dotoatlo.or froign manufacturoeithar resent
or pant?
b. Ir oos what nre tho locations whore it pight ba. ávailable,
incluiing tha moat Likoly location.and any other possiblo ones
C. What would a noelle of thia typo normally be used for?
What other cases might it be uaed for? (intravonous or rardon
injectiont)

Ary other sugsoations on tho subjeot?

\*Are we coroot in aonuing that tho otandard noodlo sles ia .0/2 inchos and this is, therefore, a nct-otandard noadloi)

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I. Neforenco is made to our offarts to establish contact with a large surgical needle firm. Attochod are soce questions whioh your ropresontative in the area might be ablo to put to the firn.; I suggent a clnsaification of Confidontial for thcse quoations brt:trust that your reprosentative will policit their personal confidonce.so that the pattor vill not be disoussod elsewhare by the the nedlo(E 2 3 ovg