Product Details:
| Composition | Purified connective tissue (collagen) derived from the sub-mucous layer of sheep (bovine) intestine |
| Construction | Monofilament/Twisted |
| Coating | Plain sutures are without coating, Chromic sutures have been tanned by treatment with chromium salt in the trivalent form and coloured with oxidized pyrogallol, colour index 76515 |
| In vivo retention of strength | Effective strength is usually lost between 10-12 days in case of plain catgut and by 21-30 days in case of chromic catgut |
| Tissue Reaction | Moderate tissue inflammation occurs which is characteristic of a foreign body response. Loss of tensile strength and loss of mass follows as the proteolytic enzymatic digestive process dissolves the surgical catgut |
| Absorption Time | Absorption is essentially complete in 60-90 days |
| Sterilization | Packed in sterilizing fluid, the constituents of which are Isopropanol, Water, Sodium Benzoate and Ethylene Oxide |
| Available in Sizes | 5-0, 4-0, 3-0, 2-0, 0, 1, 2, 3 |
| Colour | Beige and Tanned Brown |
| Shelf Life | 5 years |
| Packaging | Box of 12 and 36 sutures |