Patent ID: 8402623

Claim:
A method for attaching a needle having a suture receptacle at one end thereof to a suture having a length, comprising the steps of: (A) inserting the suture into the suture receptacle; (B) positioning the end of the needle in a die which surrounds the needle at the end of the needle; (C) indenting the needle in the area of the suture receptacle, thereby forming a first indentation at a first lateral position and a first radial orientation; (D) indenting the needle in the area of the suture receptacle, thereby forming a second indentation at a second lateral position and a second radial orientation, the first and second indentations being laterally and radially offset and deforming the suture at least at some portion of the length of the suture to approximate a reverse curve, said steps (C) and (D) being conducted in any chronological order including simultaneously.