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DEKLENE® MAXX™ SUTURE (MONOFILAMENT)

AT A GLANCE

  • This suture exhibits outstanding handling, accurate knot placement, and knot security
  • Reduced suture memory
  • Suture can be custom configured to your application

Characteristics: Deklene® Maxx™ Suture provides outstanding handling, accurate knot placement, and knot security. Enhanced elongation provides tactile feedback before breakage. The soft, supple suture material reduces memory and improves handling.

Material: Polypropylene (PP)

Construction: Monofilament

Coating: None

Indications: Deklene® Maxx™ Suture is indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, including use in cardiovascular and neurological procedures, but not for use in ophthalmic procedures.

Sizes:
Non-Sterile Deklene® Maxx™ Suture:
Sizes:

  • Blue: 2 through 9-0 suture
  • Clear: 2 through 9-0 suture

Configurations:

  • Non-sterile spools
  • Cut lengths

Sterile Deklene® Maxx™ Suture:
Sizes:

  • Blue: 0 through 8-0 suture
  • Clear: 0 through 8-0 suture

Configurations:

  • Sterile packages

Colors:

  • Blue (colorant: [phthalocyaninato (-2)] copper)
  • Clear

Sterilization: Ethylene oxide (EtO)

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  • Deklene® Maxx™ Suture can be custom-configured to meet the requirements of your unique application or incorporated into an anchor or driver of your design.
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USP Requirements for Non-Absorbable Surgical Suture

Suture Size USP Diameter (mils.) USP Knot Pull (lbs.)
USP METRIC
MIN MAX
MIN
9-0 0.3
1.2 1.5
0.095*
8-0 0.4
1.6 1.9
0.13
7-0 0.5
2.0 2.7
0.24
6-0 0.7
2.8 3.9
0.44
5-0 1
3.9 5.9
0.88
4-0 1.5
5.9 7.8
1.32
3-0 2
7.9 9.8
2.12
2-0 3
11.8 13.3
3.18
0 3.5
13.8 15.7
4.76
1 4.0
15.7 19.6
6.0
2 5
19.7 23.6
7.76
3 6
23.6 27.5
10.46
4 6
23.6 27.5
10.46
5 7
27.6 31.5
13.58
6 8
31.5 35.4
16.05
7 9
35.4 39.3
19.93
8 10
39.4 43.3
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9 11
43.3 47.2
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Note: Specifications in the chart are the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) requirements. Deklene® Maxx™ Suture meets all the requirements established by the USP for non-absorbable surgical suture. Knot pull values are for sterile suture. *Tensile strength of sizes smaller than USP size 8-0 (metric size 0.4) is measured by straight pull.




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