BD Nokor needle 18G × 40 mm, triangular tip

The Nokor is an 18G needle, 40 mm long, that you recognise at once by its tip: instead of the usual bevel it ends in a small pyramid with three cutting edges, while the opening is on the side of the shaft. It is made in the United States by BD (Becton Dickinson).

BD intends it for drawing up liquids from ampoules and vials: the tip passes through the rubber stopper without coring fragments out of it, and the side hole lets the liquid run down the wall when reconstituting a powdered drug. The box states that it is not a needle for hypodermic injection.

Among Italian aesthetic doctors it is also known as the Brazilian needle.

Features

• Pyramid tip with three cutting edges, side hole
• Thin-wall shaft
• Pink hub
• Sterile, single-use, individually packed

Technical data

• 18G (1.2 mm) × 40 mm
• BD manufacturer code 300779
• Shelf life 5 years
• Packaging: box of 100

Warnings

• Intended use according to the manufacturer: drawing up from ampoules and vials; on the box "Not for hypodermic injection"
• Single use: do not reuse or resterilise