The line of endoscopic sutures are available on 4 needles: V-20, CV-25, CV-23, and SK. Suture materials offered are POLYSORB™ and SOFSILK™. Suture lengths are 48” or 7”. Endoscopic sutures may be introduced through access cannulas and, depending on the length of suture, used to tie intracorporeal or extracorporeal knots.

Polysorb™ sutures are composed of Lactomer™ glycolide/lactide copolymer, which is a synthetic polyester derived from glycolic and lactic acids. Polysorb™ sutures are prepared by coating the suture with a caprolactone/glycolide copolymer mixture of caprolactone/glycolide copolymer and calcium stearoyl lactylate. Polysorb™ sutures are colored violet to increase visibility. Polysorb™ sutures meet all requirements established by the United States Pharmacopeia and the European Pharmacopeia (EP) except for minor variations in suture diameter.

Sofsilk™ silk sutures are nonabsorbable, sterile, non-mutagenic surgical sutures composed of natural proteinaceous silk fibers called fibroin. This protein is derived from the domesticated silkworm species Bombyx mori of the family bombycidae. The silk fibers are treated to remove the naturally-occurring sericin gum and braided to produce Sofsilk™ surgical silk sutures. The braided sutures are available coated uniformly with a special wax mixture to reduce capillarity and to increase surface lubricity which enhances handling characteristics, ease of passage through tissue, and knot run-down properties. Sofsilk™ sutures are available colored black with Logwood extract. Sofsilk™ sutures meet all requirements established by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopeia (EP) for nonabsorbable surgical sutures, except for size 8-0, which DIFFERS FROM U.S.P. MAXIMUM DIAMETER REQUIREMENTS BY UP TO 0.005 mm.