Resorba Sutures
Surgical sutures are an everyday medical product used for repairing tissues. Sutures are still the most common way of closing wounds. The mechanical properties of the materials used are essential to temporarily replace the lost tissue strength.
RESORBA® sutures have the best possible tissue compatibility as they are based on biocompatible natural raw materials. They can be applied in all kinds of wound care.
Resorba PGA Resorba® Sutures
PGA RESORBA® is a polymer of glycolic acid. The linear, high molecular weight polyglycolic acid is synthesised in the presence of a catalyst via the intermediary product glycolide, a cyclic ester.
The breakdown of the PGA suture in the tissue occurs through water uptake, thereby reversing the synthesis. Regular metabolic processes break down the glycolic acid monomers into CO2 and H2O through enzymatic degradation. The physical and physiological properties of suture material containing 10% lactide as copolymer differ only slightly from pure PGA sutures.
The thin, precision-braided filaments provide very high tear resistance as well as excellent suppleness. The special coating thinly encapsulates the fibre bundles resulting in a specific reduction of surface friction. Absorbable sutures approximate the tissue during the healing phase; at the same time, they increasingly lose their tensile strength and tear resistance.
PGA RESORBA® contains precisionbraided filaments made of polyglycolic acid that result in a standardised, moderate rate of absorption in the tissue. Depending on the thread diameter 50 % of the original tensile strength of PGA RESORBA® is lost after 18 days. Violet PGA RESORBA® is coloured with a physiologically harmless dye.
- Properties:
- high tear resistance
- good handling
- excellent knot security
- atraumatic tissue passage
- minimal tissue reaction
Resorba Resolon® Sutures
RESOLON® is exceptionally soft and supple even when dry and sterile. As a result, it has excellent handling and knotting properties for a monofilament suture, while ensuring maximum knot tear resistance.
- Properties:
- above-average softness and suppleness
- very easy handling and knotting properties
- no capillarity
- excellent tissue passage
