Ethicon Adds Two Sutures to Family of Knotless Tissue Control Devices

Ethicon¹ announced the launch of STRATAFIX Spiral PDS Plus and STRATAFIX Spiral Monocryl Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices. With the addition of these two new suture technologies to the STRATAFIX Family of Knotless Tissue Control Devices, Ethicon has established the most comprehensive and unmatched knotless suture offering available to surgeons in the U.S.
 
STRATAFIX Knotless Tissue Control Devices transforms the wound closure experience by providing unique advantages over traditional sutures. STRATAFIX sutures provide more strength and security, more consistency and more efficiency than traditional suturing. The portfolio of knotless sutures also enables surgeons to more easily manage tension and control tissue approximation with each pass during closure and eliminates the need to tie knots.
 
“I call it the suture of the future,” said James Dan Kondrup², M.D., Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, NY. “Any case where I can use STRATAFIX sutures, I will.”
 
The versatile STRATAFIX portfolio of knotless sutures will help surgeons to achieve the optimal clinical outcome for each tissue type, from skin and fat layers to fascia³ and organs. STRATAFIX Spiral Plus sutures boast exceptional wound holding strength while offering a smooth glide through tissue⁴, and are available in both bidirectional and a unidirectional design with an adjustable fixation loop. These new sutures are made with proprietary polymers, premium needles,stratafix and Plus antibacterial coating that continue to deliver optimal wound closure.
 
“With more than 60 years of experience, Ethicon has become synonymous with surgical sutures,” said Liza Ovington, Franchise Medical Director for Ethicon. “Ethicon will continue to innovate in wound closure working to provide solutions that elevate the standard of care for surgeons and the patients they serve.”
 
STRATAFIX Knotless Tissue Control Devices can address tissue repair needs in a broad range of surgical specialties including orthopedic, plastic, gynecological, general, bariatric, colorectal, and urological procedures.
 
References
¹Ethicon, Inc. is the legal manufacturer of STRATAFIX Sutures.
²James Kondrup is a paid consultant of Ethicon.
³Fascia indication for STRATAFIX Symmetric PDS Plus only
⁴Data on file, Ethicon, Inc.: STRATAFIX Claims Matrix SFX-308-12. 2013.