Ethicon | Prolene Polypropylene Suture | Non-Absorbable Synthetic Monofilament | Model 8935H | Double-Armed TAPERCUT V-5

The Ethicon 8935H is a high-performance, sterile, synthetic non-absorbable surgical suture manufactured from an isotactic crystalline stereoisomer of polypropylene. Engineered as a perfectly smooth monofilament strand, Prolene virtually eliminates cellular tissue drag and dynamic friction during placement. Polypropylene is designed for surgical configurations requiring permanent wound support, remaining completely unaffected by active in vivo enzymatic digestion or chemical hydrolysis. This chemical inertness ensures the thread maintains its baseline structural tensile strength indefinitely post-implantation while prompting minimal acute localized inflammatory tissue reactions.

Technical Specifications

• Manufacturer: Ethicon (Johnson and Johnson Medical Division)

• Product Brand Family: PROLENE Polypropylene Non-Absorbable Suture Portfolio

• Product Catalog Code (MPN): 8935H

• Suture Material Composition: Isotactic Crystalline Polypropylene

• Strand Structural Construction: Monofilament (Smooth extrusion profile, zero braiding capillary risks)

• Thread Sizing Profile: Size 4-0 Suture (Fine USP 4-0 Gauge / Metric 1.5)

• Suture Length Dimension: 36 inches (Approximately 90 cm single continuous strand layout)

• Color Pigment Profile: Phthalocyanine Blue (Dyed for maximum contrast against red tissue beds and active bleeding)

• Needle Configuration: Double-Armed (Swaged to identical surgical needles on both ends of the strand)

• Needle Type Classification: V-5 TAPERCUT Needle (Triangular cutting tip with a smooth round body)

• Needle Curvature Geometry: 1/2 Circle curvature tracking radius

• Needle Length Profile: 17 mm structural length

• Packaging Matrix Configuration: Standard box containing 36 sterile individual suture packets (H-box distribution unit)

• Absorption Profile Cycle: Strictly Non-Absorbable (Provides permanent structural tissue encapsulation with zero degradation over time)