Medtronic Chromic Gut Taper Cutting Sutures

Yes, these Medtronic Chromic Gut sutures are manufactured using purified collagen derived from the serosal layer of beef (bovine) intestines. The raw material is highly selected to ensure exceptional purity and optimal performance.

Key features contribute to the high quality and reliability of these sutures:

• Predictable Absorption: The material is uniformly treated with a buffered chromium salt solution, resulting in a chromic strand with controlled absorption characteristics and predictable tensile strength retention.
• Enhanced Handling: Each strand is electronically polished to achieve superior surface smoothness. This facilitates optimal knot run-down and helps ensure secure knot strength.

Yes, these Medtronic Chromic Gut sutures are specifically indicated for general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation.

They offer excellent surgical versatility, including specialized use in ophthalmic surgery.

Since these are absorbable sutures, made from purified bovine intestinal collagen, they offer several key benefits:

• Predictable Performance: Uniform treatment with a buffered chromium salt solution ensures a consistent absorption rate and predictable retention of tensile strength.
• Smooth Handling: They feature electronically polished surfaces to facilitate smooth knot run-down and secure knot strength.

Important Limitation: These sutures are strictly contraindicated for use in cardiovascular or neurological surgical procedures.

Yes, these Medtronic Chromic Gut sutures are specifically designed for highly predictable performance and reliable strength retention, which is a key selling point.

Predictability and smooth handling are achieved through specialized manufacturing techniques:

• Uniform Chromic Treatment: The sutures are uniformly treated with a buffered chromium salt solution. This ensures a controlled, predictable profile for both tensile strength retention and the consistent in-vivo absorption rate.
• High Purity Material: They are manufactured from purified connective tissue (collagen) derived from highly selected bovine serosal tissue ribbons, optimizing the base material for consistent results.
• Enhanced Knot Security: Each strand is electronically polished to achieve superior surface smoothness, which facilitates effortless knot run-down and significantly enhances overall knot strength and security during approximation.

These high-quality absorbable sutures are available in two standard sizes, each packaged 3 dozen per box, with the following consistent specifications:

• Available Sizes: Size 2-0 and Size 0
• Suture Length: 36 inches
• Needle Type: Taper Cutting (Needle KV-34)
• Needle Geometry: ½ Circle

Each box of Medtronic Chromic Gut Taper Cutting Sutures contains three dozen (3 dz) sterile sutures. This totals 36 individual sutures per standard package.

Yes, Medtronic Chromic Gut sutures are specifically engineered for predictable tensile strength retention and consistent in-vivo absorption, which is a key benefit as it eliminates the need for suture removal.

This high level of predictability is ensured by the manufacturing process:

• Material: Constructed from purified collagen derived from the serosal layer of beef (bovine) intestines.
• Treatment: The strands are uniformly treated with a buffered chromium salt solution (Chromic Gut) to control the absorption rate.
• Smoothness: Electronic polishing is applied to achieve superior surface smoothness, facilitating smooth knot run-down and securing knot strength.

These absorbable sutures are indicated for general soft tissue approximation and ligation, including specialized use in ophthalmic surgery. Please note they are explicitly contraindicated for use in cardiovascular or neurological procedures.

The suture length is 36 inches.

Yes, these Medtronic Chromic Gut Sutures are supplied with a specialized, high-quality Taper Cutting needle.

This specific needle design is ideal for reliable penetration through dense or delicate tissues encountered in general surgery, including ophthalmic procedures.

Key specifications for the included needle configuration are:

• Needle Style: Taper Cutting
• Needle Code: KV-34
• Curvature: ½ Circle

Additionally, the manufacturing process highlights electronic polishing of the suture material, which contributes to smooth passage and enhanced knot strength.

The Medtronic Chromic Gut Sutures are packaged in a specific sterile solution designed to maintain the integrity and quality of the purified collagen material. The precise composition is:

• Isopropanol: 89%
• Water: 10%
• Triethanolamine: 1%

Yes, Medtronic Chromic Gut Taper Cutting Sutures are highly suitable and specifically indicated for ophthalmic surgery, in addition to general soft tissue approximation and ligation procedures.

Key features that make these sutures appropriate for delicate procedures include:

• Absorbable Material: Composed of purified bovine intestinal collagen (Chromic Gut), which is biologically absorbed by the body, negating the need for suture removal.
• Predictable Performance: Uniform treatment with a buffered chromium salt solution ensures a predictable absorption rate and consistent tensile strength retention.
• Smooth Handling: The strands are electronically polished, which enhances surface smoothness for effortless knot run-down and improved knot strength.

Important Note: These sutures are explicitly contraindicated for use in cardiovascular or neurological surgery.