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Material: Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone)(PGA-PCL)(75%-25%)
Coated by: non coated
Structure: monofilament by extruding
Color (recommended and option): Undyed; Violet D&C No.2
Available size range：USP Size 6/0 up to No.2#
Mass absorption: 90- 110 days
Tensile Strength Retention: 65% at 7 days after implantation; 40% at 14 days after implantation; 0% at 28 days after implantation.

Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone) is synthetic biodegradable copolymer, mainly used on medical devices like implants, sutures, prosthetic devices, scaffolds for tissue engineering application, micro and nanoparticles. While making sutures. This material has the property that hydrolyzed to make the thread lose polymerization force very quickly, it shows the Retention strength lower than 50% in less than 14 days after implant, which similar with Plain Catgut on the absorption profile. The precisely extruding Monofilament ensure the smoothness of the surface, much better accepted by surgeons. The non-stop extrusion makes the whole thread out of the possibility on weak point which happened on the Plain Catgut, since Catgut was made by twisted short strands cut from casing.
Similar color with Plain Catgut, Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone)(PGA-PCL)(75%-25%), PGCL original color as light yellow close to gold color, in some cases, dyed violet to keep the same color with other synthetic absorbable sutures. A little bit elastic property makes the thread higher knot security, an ideal material applied in urological surgery.