Patent ID: 6877352

Claim:
A device for securing a suture to a swaged needle, the suture having a suture end, the swaged needle having a pointed end, and a blunt needle hole end having a needle hole extending longitudinally therein, comprising: a crimping block having a top, a first end, a second end fully opposite from the first end, a receptacle extending into the crimping block from the first end, a suture channel associated and coaxial with said receptacle and extending into the crimping block from the second end, the suture channel in communication with the receptacle, and a crimping opening in communication with said receptacle; and a crimping arm, hingeably attached to the crimping block, having a bottom surface, having a crimping position wherein the bottom surface of the crimping arm selectively extends substantially parallel to the top surface of the crimping block, and having an open position wherein the crimping arm extends at an acute angle to the crimping block, the bottom surface having a protrusion associated with said receptacle such that when in the crimping position said protrusion extends into the crimping opening associated with said receptacle, such that when the needle hole end has been inserted into said receptacle and the suture has been inserted through the suture channel and into the needle hole, the protrusion may be pressed downward upon the needle to crimp the needle to mechanically connect the suture with the suture.