Systems, devices and methods of making highly elastic suture needles for minimally invasive surgery

An elastic suture needle comprising an elongated stainless steel body having a proximal end, a distal end, a length extending from the proximal end to the distal end, a flat top surface extending along the length of said elongated stainless steel body, and a flat bottom surface extending along the length of said elongated stainless steel body, wherein said elongated body has dimensions that are calculated using the equation T/LN<(2*σ)/(πE), where T is the thickness defined as a distance from said flat top surface to said flat bottom surface of said elongated stainless steel body, LN is the length of the neutral axis of said elongated stainless steel body, σ is the yield strength of said elongated stainless steel body, and E is the Young's modulus of said elongated stainless steel body,

• wherein the elastic suture needle has a curved shape defining a first height H1 and wherein the elastic curved needle comprises a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a conduit that extends from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula,
• wherein the conduit of the cannula has an inner diameter defining a second height H2 that is less than the first height H1 of the elongated body, the elongated body positioned adjacent the proximal end of the cannula,
• wherein the elongated body is configured to pass through the conduit and from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula,
• wherein during the passing though the conduit, the elongated body is configured to flatten out for transforming to a third height H3 that is less than or equal to the second height H2 of the conduit, and
• wherein the elongated body is configured to transform to a fourth height H4 that is greater than the second height H2 of the conduit when the elongated body is removed from the distal end of the cannula.