BLACK FORCE FIBER^® SUTURE: BRAIDED, NON-ABSORBABLE

AT A GLANCE

• High-contrast black suture
• 100% UHMWPE material is incredibly strong and durable, yet flexible and nonabrasive
• Proprietary coreless braid configuration enhances performance characteristics

Characteristics:

• Black Force Fiber® Suture is 100% ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) making it incredibly strong, durable, flexible, and nonabrasive.
• Distinct color for better suturing contrast against surrounding tissue.
• Proprietary coreless braid configuration, developed by Teleflex Medical OEM, creates a pliable, easy-to-handle suture with greater tensile strength than polyester and polyblend suture.*
• Low knot profile that allows precise knot placement and a smooth tie down.

Construction:

• Coreless braid configuration
• Non-coated suture
• Patterns: Crisscross or striped

Solid:

• Black: 100% UHMWPE

Multi-Colored:
(only available in non-sterile spools)

• White/Black: 100% UHMWPE
• Blue/Black: 100% UHMWPE
• Black/White: 100% UHMWPE
• White/Blue/Black: 100% UHMWPE
• Additional multi-colored braids evaluated upon request.

Indications:
Sterile Force Fiber® Suture is 510k cleared as a Class II device in the USA for approximation and/or ligation of soft tissue, including the use in cardiovascular surgeries and use of allograft tissue for orthopedic surgeries.

Sterile Force Fiber® Suture is also CE marked in the EU as a class IIb device, and licensed in Canada as a class III device, for approximation and/or ligation of soft tissue including the use of allograft tissue for orthopedic surgeries.

Sterile Force Fiber® Suture is contraindicated in the European Union and Canada for cardiovascular use.

Sizes:

Sterilization:

• Ethylene oxide (EtO)
• Important: Gamma sterilization is not recommended for Force Fiber® Suture due to potential loss of suture strength.

Configurations:

• 500-yard spools, non-sterile
• Cut lengths, 12” to 60” (31 cm to 153 cm), sterile and nonsterile
  • Sterile: Cut lengths and private label
  • Cut lengths with or without tipping (sterile, private label and bulk nonsterile)
  • Cut lengths with attached needles (sterile, private label and bulk nonsterile)
  • Preloaded in assembled medical devices

Customization Is What We Are All About

• Force Fiber^® Suture can be custom-configured to meet the requirements of your unique application or incorporated into an anchor or driver of your design.
• We are experts in developing suture and needle combinations that meet your specific applications.
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• Teleflex Medical OEM is your single source solution for suture development and manufacturing. Our extensive, vertically integrated capabilities include concept development at our EPIC Medtec^® Center, engineering, material selection and formulation, prototyping, testing and validation, manufacturing, finishing operations, assembly, packaging, and private labeling.
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EPIC MedTec^® Center for Suture and Fiber Development

One facility…one client-centric team…everything in place to go from concept to market-ready solution to full-scale production. Get your product to market fast. Reduce technical risk. This is suture and performance fiber development reimagined.
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USP/Teleflex Requirements for Non-Absorbable, Force Fiber^® Suture

Note: Specifications in the chart are the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) requirements. Force Fiber^® Suture meets all the requirements established by the USP for non-absorbable surgical suture, except for oversize diameter. Knot break values are for sterile suture.