Radiochemical sterilization formaldehyde

S entails the use of about 5 to 7.5 kGy of gamma radiation and a polyformaldehyde package insert capable of a radiolytic, controlled release of formaldehyde in a hermetically sealed package imder dry nitrogen. The process has been applied successfully to absorbable sutures without compromising their clinically relevant properhes, such as their in vivo breaking strength retention. Typical BSR data of radiochemically sterilized suture braids and controls are reported by Anneaux and co-workers. ... [Pg.10]

Correa, D. E., Kline, J. D., Barefoot, S. R, Corbett, J. T. and Shalaby, S. W., Radiochemical sterilization the fate of trace formaldehyde gas in suture packages, Trans. Sixth World Biomater. Congr., 11, 461, 2000. [Pg.155]

Radiochemical sterilization (RCS) is an emerging technology. It is based on low-dose radiation sterilization in a dry environment at low temperatures in conjunction with the use of radiolytically and controllably generated formaldehyde gas at low levels. Details of the RCS process are described in the following excerpt from Shalaby, S.W., Doyle, Y., Anneaux, B.L., Carpenter, K.A., Schiretz, F.R. Radiochemical Sterilization and its use for Sutures (Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B (2003) 110-114) ... [Pg.47]

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