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Covidien Launches World’s First Non-Absorbable, Uni-Directional Knotless Suture

The V-Loc PBT (Polybutester) non-absorbable wound closure device allows surgeons to securely close incisions without the need to tie knots. Non-absorbable sutures are used to permanently close ...
Science Daily

Hydrogen Peroxide Could Cause Absorbable Sutures To Come Apart, Researchers Report

Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers have found. Sutures -- whose use is described in Egyptian scrolls dating from 3500 B.C. -- ...
Healio

Absorbable sutures associated with reduced Achilles tendon repair complications

BARCELONA — Use of absorbable sutures limited the incidence of most surgical complications in Achilles tendon repair compared with nonabsorbable sutures. However, functional outcomes were not ...
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Ethicon Plus Sutures Become First and Only Sutures With Antibacterial Protection Recommended for Use in NHS by NICE Medical Technologies Guidance

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ethicon*, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies**, today announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new medical ...
Medical Xpress

Engineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation

Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed "smart" sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect inflammation and release drugs. The new ...