Pinion™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture

“The PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture consists of barbed suture material armed with a surgical needle on each end. Barbs allow for tissue approximation without the need to tie surgical knots. PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture is a sterile, synthetic, absorbable monofilament suture comprised of poly (glycolide-co-caprolactone). PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture is provided undyed or dyed with D & C violet No.2 (21 CFR 74. 3602) at a level not exceeding 0.25 % by weight of the suture in sizes USP (EP) 4-0 (1.5), 3-0 (2), 2-0 (3) 0 (3.5), 1 (4) & 2(5). It is supplied with the attached stainless steel surgical needles. The polymer has been found to be nonantigenic, nonpyrogenic and eliciting only a slight tissue reaction during absorption. The PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture is designed with small unidirectional and bidirectional barbs along the length of the device. It consists of an absorbable thread with unidirectional anchors, equipped with a surgical needle at one end and a fixation tab at the other while the bidirectional anchors equipped with a surgical needle at both end. The anchors and fixation tab design allows for tissue approximation without the need to tie surgical knots. The USP designations for diameter are applicable to the PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture material prior to barbing. After the creation of barbs, the PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture is identified as one size smaller than the non-barbed suture. This modification reduces the tensile strength of the suture similar to effect of knot tying in non-barbed suture. Therefore, the straight pull tensile strength of the PINION™ PGA-PCL Knotless Suture is comparable to the USP knot pull tensile strength for a non barbed suture of the equivalent size.”