Inspired by a technology developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures that can not only hold tissue in place but also detect inflammation and release drugs ...

The company’s DemeQUICK is a rapid absorbable surgical suture which is a coated, braided synthetic absorbable suture and is composed of copolymers made from 90% glycolide and 10% L-lactide.

Global absorbable sutures market is poised to grow by USD 475.15 million, progressing at a CAGR of over 4% during 2019-2023.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2016, Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD, discussed the use of absorbable and non-absorbable sutures in meniscal repair. She said orthopedic surgeons need to ...

BARCELONA — Use of absorbable sutures limited the incidence of most surgical complications in Achilles tendon repair compared with nonabsorbable sutures. However, functional outcomes were not ...

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Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers have found. Sutures -- whose use is described in Egyptian scrolls dating from 3500 B.C ...

Nonabsorbable sutures provide permanent support scaffolding and are removed once healing has occurred. In the current study, 15 samples of absorbable sutures and nonabsorbable sutures were examined.