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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kanji Matsutani, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Matsutani Seisakusho, Tochigi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21G / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72413 ; 72416 ; 29243517 ; 163-1 ;
Abstract
A crimping apparatus for crimping a root end of an eyeless needle to fix a medical suture between an upper mold and lower mold. This apparatus comprises a swing arm disposed in parallel with the root end of the eyeless needle and the upper mold fixed to the swing arm. This apparatus also comprises a pivoting axis of the swing arm, being long enough to a crimping length of the eyeless needle. This pivoting axis is disposed far enough from the upper mold.