ETHICON PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture 5-0 SM-1, SM-1
ETHICON PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture 5-0 SM-1, SM-1 (12 Sutures per Box)
- Suture Size: 5-0
- Length: 12 in Strands
- Double Arm Needles: Sabreloc Spatula SM-1 (1/8 Circle 5.8mm)
- Non Absorbable
- Blue Monofilament
- For layers of scleral or corneal tissue.
- Spatulated needle point is centered for maximum needle stability in thin sclera.
- Side cutting shaped edges
- Sterile
- PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture
- Size: Size 5-0
- Length: 12 in
- Color: Blue
- Control: No
- Applications: For Wound Closure
- Material : Polypropylene
- Absorbability: Non-Absorbable
- Directionality: Unidirectional
- Pledget Size: No
- Pledget Size: NA
- Needle Name: SM-1, SM-1
- Needle Color: Silver
- Needle Length: 6 mm, 6 mm
- Strands Per Pack: 1
- Pack Strand/Length: 1 x 12 in
- Pack Strand/Length: Cutting Edge Spatula Reverse, Cutting Edge Spatula Reverse
- Needle Shape: 1/8 Circle
- Sterility: Sterile
- PROLENE® Sutures (clear or pigmented) are non-absorbable, sterile surgical sutures composed of an isotactic crystalline steroisomer of polypropylene, a synthetic linear polyolefin. The suture is pigment blue to enhance visibility. PROLENE® Sutures are indicated for use in general soft tissue approximating and/or ligation, including use in cardiovascular, ophthalmic procedures, and neurological procedures. PROLENE® Sutures have been trusted by cardiovascular surgeons for over 40 years having been used in over 100 million people worldwide.