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The MINT™ comprised of PDO is indicated for use in soft tissue approximation where use of absorbable sutures is appropriate.

The MINT™ synthetic absorbable PDO suture is made of polydioxanone has been found to be nonantigenic and to elicit only a slight tissue reaction during absorption. The pigment for the violet dye is D&C Violet No.2. The MINT™ is available sterile after ethylene oxide (EO) gas sterilization and degrades or dissolves over time in tissue. Each dyed (violet) suture has bi-directional barbs along the long axis of the suture monofilament without needle attachment. The MINTM Synthetic Absorbable PDO suture approximate tissues, without the need to tie surgical knots, by using the opposing barbs on the suture surface to embed in the tissues after the surgeon precisely places the suture within the tissues. While the formation of barbs in the MINT™ reduces the tensile strength relative to non-barbed suture material of the same size, tying of knots in non-barbed suture materials also reduce their effective strength. For this reason, the strength of the MINT™ can be compared with USP knot strength of non-barbed sutures and the USP size of MINT™ is 1 while its tensile strength is equivalent to that of USP 2-0.