What Doctors and Hospitals Look for in Suture brands
Posted by dunitzsantrino on December 19th, 2014
Sutures are the sterilized surgical threads which are used for repairing lacerations, or common cuts, and are commonly known as stitches. They basically are medically used for and in wound closure. Incisions from surgery are also closed using these stitches. Wound closure products which include a complete range of surgical stitches, are becoming more in demand with the increase in the number of available types. Newly introduced medical sutures like Polyglycolic Acid type, Polyglactin 910 type, Catgut plain type, catgut chromic type, Polydioxanone, Poliglecaprone, Polyglactin Rapid, poliglecaprone are some of the ones which have been getting high popularity lately.
Brands which are gaining maximum popularity are the ones offering a full range of other types of medical suture which include the general, ophthalmic as well as the cardiovascular types. Many brands have either of them or two of them or different kinds. But these are the most in demand currently. The other thing people look for, is shorter lead times, and customization possibilities along with OEM services. The portfolio gets stronger with the inclusion of surgical mesh, suture kits; micro porous paper tapes, skin stapler, and bone wax along with just the prototype suture. They are expected to be coated for being able to smoothly pass through tissues; they require to have secured knot placements for the knots at the end; they require superb handling properties; tensile strength is expected to be high during the initial implanting period; 50% of tensile strength is expected at the minimum of retention, around after 21 days of implantation of the surgical stitches; the reliable absorption of the same is expected in tissues by the process of simple hydrolysis.
Along with different kinds of stitches and surgical accessories, comes the fear of the prices being high, however, to avoid risking the health of patients, surgical members go for brand names and better quality for high prices. However, when a brand charges high, it is expected to deliver high quality and commitments too alongside. Brands which only charge high and do not live up to their given commitments, or fail to provide the quality they might have promised, are not trusted again. In the world of healthcare, it is not possible to risk somebody’s life by compromising on the quality. Hence, strict compliance of the brand is expected, with ISO, CE, USP, GMP or similar standards while manufacturing the surgical products. Authenticity is the least expected feature from surgical products’ brands, they make products which are in direct contact with the body and any discrepancies can lead to loss of life too. The tensile strength of the stitches is required to be much higher than U.S.P. and should be comparable with market leaders. Some are available with the surgical stitching needles made up of latest alloy stainless steel. Stitches which come along with a package of good needles, appeal more as a better deal.
