Surgical needle and method of manufacturing a surgical needle

Surgical micro-needle comprising:

• an elongate needle body for a surgical micro-needle, and
• a needle point formed on a distal end of the needle body, wherein:
• the needle body is manufactured from an elongate cylindrical blank,
• the needle body has at least one textured-profile lateral face, which comprises at least one textured-profile lateral-face region provided with an embossed textured profile in a stamping process,
• the textured profile comprises a plurality of well-defined, reproducible indentations of a substantially pyramidal design,
• the needle point is formed by electrochemical polishing of the stamped needle body such that the indentations are substantially retained, and
• the at least one textured-profile lateral-face region extends as far as the needle point.