Nonabsorbable Suture with Needle Sofsilk™ Silk CV-23 1/2 Circle Taper Point Needle Size 4-0 Braided

Features

• Sofsilk™ silk sutures are nonabsorbable, sterile, nonmutagenic surgical sutures composed of natural proteinaceous silk fibers called fibroin
• The Sofsilk™ silk suture 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 either silicone or 100% beeswax
• Sofsilk™ silk sutures are for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation

More Information

• Surgical Knot Tying Manual
• Wound Closure Guide