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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 ...
Nature

Long-term results of Essed–Schroeder plication by the use of non-absorbable Goretex™ sutures for correcting congenital penile curvature

In 1985, Essed and Schroeder introduced a less invasive procedure for the same indication by performing a plication of the tunica albuginea instead of excision. 7 The authors considered the advantage ...
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. -- ...
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 ...
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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 ...