Product Description

Sofsilk™ braided silk sutures are nonabsorbable, sterile, non-mutagenic surgical sutures composed of natural proteinaceous silk fibers called fibroin. The silk fibers are treated to remove the naturally-occurring sericin gum and braided to produce Sofsilk™ surgical silk sutures. Sofsilk™ sutures are indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, including use in cardiovascular, ophthalmic, microsurgery, and neurological surgery.

Features & Benefits

• Available coated uniformly with either silicone or a special wax mixture to reduce capillarity and to increase surface lubricity
• Enhances handling characteristics, ease of passage through tissue, and knot run-down properties
• Sofsilk sutures are for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation
• Use in cardiovascular, ophthalmic, microsurgery, and neurological surgery