US 12,268,382 B2
Crimping device and method
Gabriel Börner, Ramlösa (SE); Eskil Reimhagen, Malmö (SE); Mikael Skoglund, Stehag (SE); and Rickard Norenstam, Löddeköpinge (SE)
Assigned to Suturion AB, Ramlösa (SE)
Filed by Suturion AB, Ramlösa (SE)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,665.
Claims priority of application No. 20178675 (EP), filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378660 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); B25B 27/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); B23P 19/02 (2013.01); B25B 27/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crimping device for securing a suture to a double-pointed medical suture needle, the crimping device comprising:
a lower block and an upper block that can be pressed against each other to secure the suture to the double-pointed medical suture needle, each of the lower block and upper block comprising:
a first groove configured to accommodate the suture; and
a second groove configured to accommodate the double-pointed medical suture needle, the first and second grooves arranged substantially perpendicularly to each other, wherein the second groove comprises a protrusion at an intercept of the first groove and second groove.