Ethicon, a trusted leader in advancing wound closure, 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 US.

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 Kondrup, M.D., Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, New York. “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 fascia and organs. Stratafix Spiral Plus sutures boast exceptional wound holding strength while offering a smooth glide through tissuei, 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 and Plus antibacterial coating that continue to deliver the optimal wound closure experience surgeons and health care practitioners expect from Ethicon.

“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 orthopaedic, plastic, gynecological, general, bariatric, colorectal, and urological procedures.