ETHICON PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture 5-0 PS-3
ETHICON PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture 5-0 PS-3 (12 Sutures per Box)
- Suture Size: 5-0
- Length: 18 in Strands
- Needle: Prime Reverse Cutting PS-3 (3/8 Circle 16mm)
- Non Absorbable
- Blue Monofilament
- For delicate plastic or cosmetic surgery
- Sterile
- PROLENE® Polypropylene Suture
- Size: Size 5-0
- Length: 18 in
- Color: Blue
- Control: No
- Applications: For Wound Closure
- Material : Polypropylene
- Absorbability: Non-Absorbable
- Directionality: Unidirectional
- Pledget Size: No
- Pledget Size: NA
- Needle Name: PS-3
- Needle Color: Silver
- Needle Length: 16 mm
- Strands Per Pack: 1
- Pack Strand/Length: 1 x 18 in
- Pack Strand/Length: Cutting Edge Prime Reverse
- Needle Shape: 3/8 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.