Hyper-elastic needle

A surgical needle comprising a crimping zone (3) for securing a suture (5), characterized in that it is made of a hyper-elastic alloy which, after treatment, has two distinct states making it possible, on the one hand, to force the needle into a roughly elongate position when it is housed in the internal bore (11) of a cannula or of an applicator (2) and, on the other hand, when it is extracted from the cannula or from the applicator, to adopt a curved profile in the shape of an arc of a circle because of its own characteristics of superelasticity or hyper-elasticity, and in that the needle (1) comprises, at the opposite end to the crimping zone (3), a tapered point (6) provided with an inclined heel (7) which is arranged inside the curvature of the needle (1) and which bears against the interior wall of the bore (11) of the cannula or of the applicator (2) to protect the profile of the tapered point (6) as said needle slides inside the internal bore (11).