Non-absorbable synthetic fibre surgical suture
A non-absorbable surgical suture made of a synthetic fibre has been developed by W. L. Gore & Associates of Newark, Delaware, USA.
The Class 1 suture is designed to overcome performance limitations of existing products, including undesirable degradation of some suture materials due to hydrolysis, an undesirable degradation of tensile strength and material cohesion where a knot is formed with a monofilament suture, and inadequate knot retention.
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