Types of absorbable sutures
- Catgut. This natural monofilament suture is used for repairing internal soft tissue wounds or lacerations. Gut shouldn't be used for cardiovascular or neurological procedures. The body has the strongest reaction to this suture and will often scar over. It's not commonly used outside of gynecological surgery.
- Polydioxanone . This synthetic monofilament suture can be used for many types of soft tissue wound repair (such as abdominal closures) as well as for pediatric cardiac procedures.
- Poliglecaprone 25 . This synthetic monofilament suture is used for general use in soft tissue repair. This material shouldn't be used for cardiovascular or neurological procedures. This suture is most commonly used to close skin in an invisible manner.
- Polyglactin 910. This synthetic braided suture is good for repairing hand or facial lacerations. It shouldn't be used for cardiovascular or neurological procedures.
- Polyglycolic acid . This synthetic braided suture is good for repairing hand or facial lacerations.
| U.S.P SUTURE SIZES CHART |
| U.S.P Size |
Collagen Suture |
Synthetic Suture |
| Metric Size |
Diameter Range |
Metric Size |
Diameter Range |
| #7 |
- |
- |
9 |
0.900-0.999 |
| #6 |
- |
- |
8 |
0.800-0.899 |
| #5 |
- |
- |
7 |
0.700-0.799 |
| #4 |
8 |
0.800-0.899 |
6 |
0600-0.699 |
| #3 |
7 |
0.700-0.799 |
6 |
0.600-0.699 |
| #2 |
6 |
0.600-0.699 |
5 |
0.500-0.599 |
| #1 |
5 |
0.500-0.599 |
4 |
0.400-0.499 |
| #0 |
4 |
0.400-0.499 |
3.5 |
0.350-0.399 |
| #2-0 |
3.5 |
0.350-0.399 |
3 |
3 0.300-0.339 |
| #3-0 |
3 |
0.300-0.339 |
2 |
0.200-0.249 |
| #4-0 |
2 |
0.200-0.249 |
1.5 |
0.150-0.199 |
| #5-0 |
1.5 |
0.150-0.199 |
1 |
0.100-0.149 |
| #6-0 |
1 |
0.100-0.149 |
0.7 |
0.070-0.099 |
| #7-0 |
0.7 |
0.070-0.099 |
0.5 |
0.050-0.069 |
| #8-0 |
0.5 |
0.050-0.069 |
0.4 |
0.040-0.049 |
| #9-0 |
0.4 |
0.040-0.049 |
0.3 |
0.030-0.039 |
| #10-0 |
- |
- |
0.2 |
0.020-0.029 |
RTMED surgical drill needles
- Rigid enough to prevent bending or distortion with some flexibility to bend before breaking, as the greater needle strength prevent tissue trauma.
- High sharpness to ensure easy and rapid tissue penetration.
- Good structure to easy retrieve the needle from tissue in order to reduce tissue injury.
- Smooth profile, so the needle is coated with silicon to reduce friction, facilitate penetration and give more glide.
- Sterile, and corrosion resistant to prevent microorganism and foreign material of making any contamination to the wound.
- Appropriate to grasp by surgical equipment like needle holder or forceps Particularly surgical needles should manufacture as slim as possible with a good strength to provide high quality and all of surgical criteria.
Shandong Haidike Medical Products Co., Ltd. is specializing in the production of medical consumables. The main products are absorbable surgical suture with needle (Plain / Chromic Catgut, PGA, PDO, PGLA, PGCL, etc.), non-absorbable surgical suture with needle (Silk, Nylon, Polyester, Polypropylene etc.), suture materials, cassette sutures and surgical needle (300SS and 400SS Series), lifting threads for beauty, medical facial mask, orthopedic casting tapes & splints, plaster, IV cannula, polypropylene meshes and absorbable bone nails and so on.
We have approved ISO13485 international quality system certificate, and obtained the "Medical Device Manufacturing Enterprise License" and "Medical Device Registration Certificate". We have Asia's largest catgut plant, and is the core enterprise of the surgical absorbable sutures characteristic industrial base in the National Torch Project. The products are exported to Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and other more than 70 countries and regions all over the world.
We have been devoting ourselves to expending and enriching our product portfolio to provide customers with high-quality products with more safety.
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