ALCALACTONE®

PGCL Absorbable Sutures

Poly (glycolic acid (75%)-co-caprolactone (25%))

ALCALACTONE sutures are synthetic absorbable sterile surgical sutures which are made of Polyglycolide and caprolactone.

ALCALACTONE sutures when implanted into a living organism, it is absorbed by that organism and cause no undue tissue irritation. ALCALACTONE sutures have been found to be non-antigenic, non- pyrogenic and elicit only a mild tissue reaction during absorption.

ALCALACTONE sutures meet all requirements for synthetic absorbable surgical sutures specified at the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) and United States Pharmacopoeia (USP).

In order to ease of operation, ALCALACTONE sutures are coloured D&G violet No:2. ALCALACTONE sutures have been presented in USP 6/0 – USP 2 gauge sizes in a variety of lengths from 10 cm to 150 cm, as non-needled or attached to stainless steel needles of varying types and sizes.

ALCALACTONE sutures are available as sterile, monofilament, dyed (violet) strands in sizes USP 6/0 through USP 2 (metric sizes 0,7-5), in a variety of lengths, with or without various needles.

ALCALACTONE sutures are available as sterile, monofilament, dyed (violet) strands in sizes USP 6/0 through USP 2 (metric sizes 0, 7-5), in a variety of lengths from 10 cm to 150 cm with or without various needles.

Products are presented in suture boxes with 12 pieces, 24 pieces or 36 pieces.