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Catgut Made of first quality raw material, Catgut ensures a dependable and predictable absorption and an extremely high tensile strength. Every strand is precision polished to a uniform diameter, permitting smooth and secure knotting. Available in plain and chromic.		Surigical Gut™ * SurgiGut™ **
Twisted Plain Chromic Packaged Dry or In Wetting Solution	In vivo strength retention: Varies	Mass Absorption: Varies depending upon type of suture (plain vs. chromic) and site of placement

* Comparable Ethicon™ material

** Comparable Syneture™ material

DermaGlide™

Needle		Material	Suture Length	6-0	5-0	4-0

DGL11 (P-1) (DX-11)	11mm 3/8 Circle DermaGlide™	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	BD-660N - - -

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Precision Reverse Cutting

Needle		Material	Suture Length	6-0	5-0	4-0

DSM11 (P-1) (P-10)	11mm 3/8 Circle Precision Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	12"/30cm	BA-2698N - - -
		Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	BA-2415N - 774G SG1645

DSM11 (P-1) (P-10)	11mm 3/8 Circle Precision Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	BA-770N - 770G SG1645

DSM13 (P-3) (P-13)	13mm 3/8 Circle Precision Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm		- 596B 686G SG5686	- 1241B 1644G SG5654G

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Precision Conventional Cutting

Needle		Material	Suture Length	6-0	5-0	4-0

(PC-1) (P-13)	11mm 3/8 Circle Precision Conventional Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	- 1415B - -

DSCM13 (PC-1) (P-13)	13mm 3/8 Circle Precision Conventional Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	BA-2711N - 1916G XG1916

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Reverse Cutting

Needle		Material	Suture Length	5-0	4-0	3-0	2-0

(C-2) (C-1)	12mm 3/8 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	10"/25cm	- 521B - -	- 531B - -
		Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	- 535B 686G CG172	- 536B 1644G SG721

(CP-2) (GS-10)	26mm 1/2 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm			- 593B 612G SG612G

(M-1) (C-21)	15mm 1/2 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm		- 537B - -

DS18 (FS-2) (C-13)	18mm 3/8 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm	- 500B - SG751	BC-2463N 591B H821H SG752	- 592B - SG5630G
		Plain Gut Plain Gut	27"/70cm	- 550B H820G SG820G	- 551B H821H SG821G	- 554B H822H SG822G
		Plain Gut Plain Gut	30"/75cm		BC-1102D - H821H SG821G	BC-1103D - H822H SG822G

DS24 (FS-1) (C-14)	24mm 3/8 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	27"/70cm			- 553B H810H SG810	- 555B H823H SG823
		Plain Gut Plain Gut	30"/75cm			BC-1106D - H810H SG810

HS24 (X-1) (C-23)	24mm 1/2 Circle Reverse Cutting	Plain Gut Plain Gut	18"/45cm		- 599B - SG1633G	- 594B 612G SG612G

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

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Catgut

Surigical Gut™ *

SurgiGut™ **

* Comparable Ethicon™ material

** Comparable Syneture™ material

DermaGlide™

Needle

Material

Suture Length

6-0

5-0

4-0

(P-1)

(DX-11)

DermaGlide™

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

-

-

Product numbers are color coded respectively :Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Precision Reverse Cutting

Needle

Material

Suture Length

6-0

5-0

4-0

(P-1)

(P-10)

Precision Reverse Cutting

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

-

-

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

774G

SG1645

(P-1)

(P-10)

Precision Reverse Cutting

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

770G

SG1645

(P-3)

(P-13)

Precision Reverse Cutting

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

686G

SG5686

1644G

SG5654G

Product numbers are color coded respectively :Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Precision Conventional Cutting

Needle

Material

Suture Length

6-0

5-0

4-0

(PC-1)

(P-13)

Precision Conventional Cutting

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

-

-

(PC-1)

(P-13)

Precision Conventional Cutting

Plain Gut

Plain Gut

1916G

XG1916

Product numbers are color coded respectively :Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Reverse Cutting

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).

Product numbers are color coded respectively :
Sharpoint™ (blue), LOOK™ (purple), Ethicon™ (black), and Syneture™ (aqua blue).