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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.

Sizes:

USP Sizes 5-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 0 1 2 3/4 5
SOLIDS – 100% UHMWPE
Black x x x
MULTI-COLORED – 100% UHMWPE
(only available in non-sterile spools)
White/Black x x x
Blue/Black x x x
Black/White x x x
White/Blue/Black x x x
Additional multi-colored sutures evaluated upon request.

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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USP/Teleflex Requirements for Non-Absorbable, Force Fiber® Suture

Suture Size USP Diameter (mils.) USP Knot Break (lbs.)
USP Metric MIN MAX MIN
0 3.5 13.8 16.0 3.20
1 4.0 15.7 21.3 3.99
2 5 19.7 24.8 5.60

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.




*Note: Testing conducted on size 2, white Force Fiber® Suture against comparable suture in sterilized form. Data on file.

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