Winding head for surgical suture material

A winding head (10) for surgical suture material, comprising:

• a securing arm (22);
• a guide carriage (24), which is mounted on the securing arm (22);
• and
• a circumferential guide system (30), which is mounted displaceably on the guide carriage (24);
• wherein the circumferential guide system (30) has two first tracks (32, 34) which are spaced apart from each other,
• wherein the two first tracks (32, 34) of the circumferential guide system (30) are connected to each other by two second tracks (36, 38), which are of approximately semi-circular shape, and
• wherein a transition curve (50, 52, 54, 56) is present in at least one of four transition regions (40, 42, 44, 46) between the two first tracks (32, 34) and the two second tracks (36, 38), which transition curve (50, 52, 54, 56) connects one of the two first tracks (32, 34) and one of the two second tracks (36, 38) to each other.