Patent ID: 7921623

Claim:
An apparatus for winding an armed suture comprising: a base member; a needle holder disposed in a region of the base member; at least one needle having a quantity of a suture attached thereto, the at least one needle being adapted for releasable engagement with the needle holder; a retainer package disposed atop the base member, the retainer package including a first member having a plurality of throughholes; a plurality of rods engagable with and corresponding to the throughholes of the retainer package, the plurality of rods being disposed in at least one array; a holder having open and closed states, the holder being movable relative to the base member between a plurality of positions, the holder including a first arm and a second arm, the first and second arms being in spaced apart relation in the open state and at least a portion of the first arm being in substantial contact with at least a portion of the second arm in the closed state.