Silk Sutures

Silk Sutures

Key Features:

• Non-absorbable and non-mutagenic surgical sutures.
• Composed of natural proteinaceous silk fibers known as fibroin.
• The sutures are coated with a silicone mixture designed to minimize capillarity and heighten surface lubricity.
• Improved handling characteristics with effortless passage through tissue.
• Enhanced knot run-down properties.
• 100% natural silk.
• Extremely supple and flexible.
• Optimal for surgical procedures of all kinds.
• Exceptionally strong and reliable suture.

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Description

Silk Braided Sutures represent a special variety of non-absorbable and non-mutagenic surgical sutures. Composed of natural proteinaceous silk fibers known as fibroin, they come with an extra coating of silicone mixture designed to minimize capillarity and heighten surface lubricity. As a result, these braided sutures show improved handling characteristics with effortless passage through tissue, as well as enhanced knot run-down properties. Silk Braided Sutures are composed of 100% natural silk harvested from the larvae of the silkworm. Through a special manufacturing technique, including braiding and coating, these sutures provide extreme suppleness and flexibility that make them optimal for surgical manipulations.

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Variations

Silk Sutures – 4.0, Silk Sutures – 5.0