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MONODEK®SUTURE (MONOFILAMENT, BIOABSORBABLE)

AT A GLANCE

  • Smooth, secure suture with a low risk of wicking
  • Indicated for use in all types of soft tissue approximation
  • Suture can be custom configured to your application

Monodek®Suture is a strong and easy-to-handle suture that possesses outstanding resorption characteristics.

Material:Polydioxanone (PDO)

Construction:Monofilament

Coating:None

Characteristics:Smooth, secure suture with a low risk of wicking. Monodek®Suture retains its initial wound healing tensile strength with 70% at two weeks, 50% at four weeks, and 25% at six weeks.

Indications:Monodek®Suture is cleared by the FDA for use in all types of soft tissue approximation, including use in pediatric cardiovascular tissue where growth is expected to occur and in ophthalmic surgery. Monodek®Suture is not indicated in adult cardiovascular tissue, microsurgery, and neural tissue.

Tensile strength retention:70% at two weeks, 50% at four weeks, and 25% at six weeks

Sizes:USP 0 through 6-0

Color:Violet (colorant: D&C violet #2)

Sterilization:Ethylene oxide (EtO)

Configuration:

  • Monodek®Suture is only available as a sterile finished good. It is not available as a non-sterile product or on a spool.
  • Sterile packages

Customization Is What We Are All About

  • Monodek®Suture can be custom-configured to meet the requirements of your unique application or incorporated into an anchor or driver of your design.
  • We are experts in developing suture and needle combinations that meet your specific needs.
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USP Requirements for Absorbable Surgical Suture

Suture Size USP Diameter (mils.) USP Knot Pull (lbs.)
USP METRIC
MIN MAX
MIN
6-0 0.7
2.8 3.9
0.55
5-0 1
3.9 5.9
1.50
4-0 1.5
5.9 7.8
2.09
3-0 2
7.9 9.8
3.90
2-0 3
11.8 13.3
5.91
0 3.5
13.8 15.7
8.60

Please note: Specifications in the chart are the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) requirements. Monodek®Suture meets requirements established by the USP for sterile, absorbable surgical sutures, except for oversized diameters.

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