Ethicon Prolene EP8706H Suture - Size 6-0, Monofilament Polypropylene (Box of 36)

Ethicon | Prolene Suture with EVERPOINT Technology | Non-Absorbable Synthetic Monofilament | Model EP8706H | Double-Armed C-1 Taper Point

The Ethicon EP8706H is an ultra-fine, sterile, non-absorbable synthetic surgical suture constructed from an isotactic crystalline stereoisomer of polypropylene. As an elite component of Ethicon's premier cardiovascular specialty portfolio, the EP product code designation specifies the structural integration of EVERPOINT Cardiovascular Needles. Everpoint needles are forged from an advanced tungsten-rhenium alloy, providing up to 121 percent greater structural stiffness and 38 percent more bend resistance than standard medical-grade stainless steel. This extreme structural rigidity allows the needle to maintain its ultra-sharp apex pass after pass through tough, calcified leaflets, dense vascular scar tissue, or synthetic prosthetic matrices without buckling, bending, or dulling.

This high-performance micro-surgical configuration features an ultra-fine size 6-0 gauge thread diameter dyed phthalocyanine blue to maximize operational tracking and contrast within deeply vascularized fields. The single continuous 30-inch (75 cm) monofilament strand is delivered as a double-armed system, swaged on both ends to 13 mm C-1 style taper point needles. The completely non-cutting round body geometry of the C-1 needles separates fragile tissue and vessel fibers rather than slicing them, ensuring an immediate fluid-tight seal around the monofilament strand.

Technical Specifications

• Manufacturer: Ethicon (Johnson and Johnson Medical Division)

• Product Brand Family: PROLENE Polypropylene Suture Matrix with EVERPOINT Needle Technology

• Product Catalog Code (MPN): EP8706H

• Suture Material Composition: Isotactic Crystalline Polypropylene

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

• Thread Sizing Profile: Size 6-0 Suture (Ultra-fine USP 6-0 Gauge / Metric 0.7)

• Suture Length Dimension: 30 inches (Approximately 75 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 micro-needles on both ends of the strand)

• Needle Type Classification: C-1 Taper Point (Round body profile, completely non-cutting geometry)

• Needle Metallurgy Core: Tungsten-Rhenium Alloy (EVERPOINT ultra-stiff surgical profile)

• Needle Curvature Geometry: 3/8 Circle curvature tracking radius

• Needle Length Profile: 13 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)