Polyester suture

The main PET-based sutures are braided TI-CRON and Surgidac from Covidien, Ethibond and Mersilene from Ethicon, Polydek , and Tevdek from Deknatel, and Dagrofil, Synthofil, and PremiCron from B. Braun). The main PBT-based polyester sutures are Miralene monofilament from B. Braun. Another version of copolymer of butylene terephthalate and poljdetramethylene ether glycol (polybutester), has been used to fabricate Novafil and Vascufil monofilament sutures from Covidien. 

Polybutester sutures are the only copolymeric polyester sutures (Novafil and Vascufil) that are fabricated from the copolymer of butylene terephthalate... 

Effect of the number of throws on knot holding force in the dry straight tests of three polyester sutures of size 2-0, all braided but finished differently. 

Milam, B. L., Jr., Changes in the Properties of Polyester Suture Materials with Exposure to Radiation from Carbon Dioxide Laser , Master s Thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,North Carolina, 1985. 

CardioSEAL /STARFlex devices were composed of MP35N metal, which formed the framework of the square umbrella-shaped disks, connected in the centre. Knitted polyester (Dacron ) fabric was attached to this metal framework (see Fig. 18.9) by means of polyester sutures. MP35N was used in these devices since this alloy is compatible with MRI used to perform the procedure. The CardioSEAL was available in 17, 23, 28, and 33 mm sizes (diagonal diameter), while the STARFlex was... 

Hunter et al. examined clinical outcomes of 17 patients, age 7-60 years. Of these, eight patients received suture fixations, and nine patients received screw fixations. All patients had satisfactory results however, skeletally immature patients with suture fixation had better clinical outcomes [19]. Huang et al. reported outcomes of 36 patients (age 17-73 years) who received an arthroscopic suture fixation with four No. 5 Ethibond polyester sutures and reported that all patients obtained union within 3 months without major complications [20]. 

The Medtronic Endurant bifurcated stent graft was approved for commercial use by the FDA in December 2010 (FDA, 2013). It consists of two components, the main bifurcated body and the contralateral limb (Fig. 21.10). The main body consists of a multifilament polyester fabric coupled with laser-cut nitinol stents, sewn together using polyester sutures. A bare nitinol stent is affixed to the proximal end of the main body using ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene sutures. This stent allows the device to be fixed above the renal arteries without preventing arterial blood flow to the kidneys, and is referred to as the suprarenal stent. There are barbs on the top of... 

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