Specialized Sutures, Braids, Fibers, and Resins

Work With The Experts™

We can take your project from resin to fi ber to component to suture to device

Outstanding selection of sutures and tapes

Bioabsorbable sutures, yarns, and resins

Work With The Experts™ WE CREATE INNOVATION SOLUTIONS Make your suture or fiber-based product concept a reality with Teleflex Medical OEM. We are one of the world’s few, vertically integrated, full-line suture and fiber producers with the expertise and resources to customize product performance to your specific applications. Our ability to take your project from resin to fiber to component to suture to finished device makes Teleflex Medical OEM a true single source solution.

COLLABORATE WITH OUR EXPERT TEAM Our team of highly-qualified engineers, material and polymer experts, and skilled technicians makes Teleflex Medical OEM stand above the rest. Whatever your product demands, we have a spectrum of world-class talent to draw from. We can polymerize, extrude, braid, and tip in-house; and develop unique compounds and coatings.

CUSTOMIZATION IS OUR SPECIALTY Teleflex Medical OEM is known across the world for innovation and technical expertise in sutures, braids, and fibers. You can count on us for a customized solution to meet your specific requirements for strength, flexibility, handling, and visualization. We offer:

• Extensive range of materials...plus custom compounding

• Sizes (USP/EP and custom)

• Selection of braids, including our patented coreless braid

• Coatings

• Assortment of colors and patterns

• Modification of PIC counts

• Incorporation of bio-active materials into your project

EVERYTHING FOR YOUR SUCCESS Vertically integrated capabilities. Deep expertise. Decades of experience. We are ready to take on your project with our extensive, in-house resources ensuring efficiency and confidentiality. Our services include:

• Compounding

• Engineering

• Material selection

• Design for manufacturability

• Prototyping

• Regulatory support

• Manufacturing

• Finishing operations

• Packaging

• Private labeling

• Sterilization

As a value-added service, Teleflex Medical OEM has obtained regulatory clearance in various markets. These clearances may be referenced depending on your intended use or application.

LET’S GET TO WORK ON YOUR PROJECT Great work is what drives us and is what we deliver for our customers. Let’s connect to get the ball rolling.

• Phone: 1.800.474.0178 or 1.508.964.6021

• Email: oeminfo@teleflex.com

• Web: www.teleflexmedicaloem.com

Suture can be supplied as sterile cut lengths (with or without needles), non-sterile bulk spools, or as a custom, private labeled product.

OrthoTape® Braid can be supplied as non-sterile spools, cut lengths, or needled; sterile product is available in cut lengths or needled.

FORCE FIBER® SUTURES AND BRAIDS

non-absorbableProduct Material Color Construction USP Sizes

Force Fiber® Ultra-high molecular White Braid 5 through 5-0Suture weight polyethylene Blue Braid 0, 1, 2 (UHMWPE) Green Cobraid with polyester 0, 1, 2 Green/White Cobraid with polyester 2 White/Blue Cobraid w/blue polypropylene 5 through 5-0 White/Black Cobraid w/black nylon 6,6 5 through 5-0 White/Green Cobraid with polyester 0, 1, 2

Force Fiber® Ultra-high molecular White (undyed) Braid 1 through 5mm OrthoTape® weight polyethylene Blue (dyed) Braid w/blue UHMWPE 1, 1.5, 2mmBraid (UHMWPE) White/Blue Cobraid w/blue UWMWPE 1.5mm White/Green Cobraid w/ green polyester 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.5mm Cobraid Patterns:* Criss-Cross or 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.5mm Tracer Strand

*Custom patterns evaluated upon request.

Product Material Color Construction USP Sizes

Cottony™ II Polyester (PET) White or Green Braid** 9 through 8-0; Sutures/Tapes 2, 3, and 5mm tapes (white only)

Green/White Cobraid 2 through 4-0 Polydek® Polyester (PET) with White or Green Braid** 9 through 8-0; Sutures/Tapes light PTFE coating 1, 2, 3, and 5 mm tapes

Green/White Cobraid 2 through 4-0

Tevdek® Polyester (PET) with White or Green Braid** 9 through 8-0; Sutures/Tapes heavy PTFE coating 1, 2, 3, and 5 mm tapes

Green/White Cobraid 2 through 4-0 Deklene® II Polypropylene (PP) Blue or Clear Monofilament 2 through 9-0 Suture

Nylon Suture Nylon 6,6 Black, Green, Monofilament 2 through 8-0 or Clear

Silk Suture Silk Black or White Braid 5 through 7-0

SUTURES AND TAPES

**Please note: Size 8-0 polyester suture is twisted.

Do you need a customized solution for your project? We are that partner that can hear what you are saying, understand your needs, and arrive at innovative, custom-ized solutions to achieve your requirements for strength, flexibility, handling, and visualization. Let’s connect: 1.800.474.0178 or 1.508.964.6021.

bioabsorbableSUTURES

Product Material Color Construction USP Sizes

Bondek® Plus Polyglycolic acid (PGA) Violet or Beige (undyed) Braid 2 through 8-0 Suture

Monodek® Polydioxanone (PDO) Violet Monofilament 0 through 6-0Suture (Supplied as a sterile finished good)

MULTIFILAMENT YARNS***

Product Material Color Filament Denier

PGA Yarn Polyglycolic acid (PGA) Beige 18 45 (100% PGA) 30 75 36 90 48 128

Violet 6 15 18 45 36 90

Light Violet 18 45 36 90

PGLA Yarn Polyglycolic acid-co-poly- Beige 28 56 L-lactic acid (PGA/PLLA) (83-93 mol% PGA-co-7-11 mol% PLLA)

PLLA Yarn Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) White (undyed) 18 83.3 (100% PLLA) 30 75 30 120 120 600

RESINS***

Product Material Color How Supplied

PGA Resin Polyglycolic acid (PGA) Beige (undyed) Uniform pellets Violet

PLLA Resin Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) White (undyed) Uniform pellets

(Custom deniers available upon request)

***Note: Specifications for bioabsorbable yarns and resins can be found at www.teleflexmedicaloem.com

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Specialized Sutures, Braids, Fibers, and Resins

Work With The Experts™

We can take your project from resin to fi ber to component to suture to device

Outstanding selection of sutures and tapes

Bioabsorbable sutures, yarns, and resins