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Surgical Suture Envision the Future

(Synthetic Absorbable)

Best technology among 7 surgical synthetic threads manufacturers

Surgical sutures quickly and easily absorbed by the body post-surgery
Development of new products and expansion of production capacity

Product Opportunity (Market Prospects)

MEPFIL / MEPFIL QUICK
Unit : Mil USD 2,310

PolyGlycolic Acid (PGA)

Higher strength 2,140

Compatible to Safil / Safil Quick(B Braun) 2,005
1,908
World’s MEPFIL-LAC / MEPFIL-LAC QUICK
Third
Poly (Glycolide-co-L-lactide) Acid (PGLA) Absorbable Surgical Suture

Better handling properties

Compatible to Vicryl / Vicryl Rapid (Ethicon (J&J)) 2010 2011 2012 2013

MEPFIL II <Source : Global Industry Analysts, USA>

Best combination of strength and handling

PGA thread + PGLA coating

BSR over 65% at 2 weeks Marketing
World’s MEPFIL-D
Supply of yarn for suture
Third
Polydioxanone (PDO) / MonoFilament
Competitiveness for OEM or SKD project

BSR over 65% at 4 weeks

Applied on Biopolymer project

Compatible to PDS II (Ethicon (J&J))

World’s MEPFIL-MO
Second

Poly (glycolide-co-ε-caprolactone) (PGCL)

BSR over 50% at 1 week

Compatible to Monocryl (Ethicon (J&J))
2-1. New Products : Anchoring Suture

Barbed Suture : PDO monofilament

• Fast and Secure Wound Closure
• Eliminating the Need to Tie Knots
• Unidirectional and Looped End
• Bidirectional and Double-armed with Surgical Needles
non-spiral
• Circumferential (spiral) or Linear (non-spiral) Distribution
• Distributing Tension Across the Wound
• Evenly Spaced-barbs throughout the Strand

spiral
2-2. New Products : Anchoring Suture

End Loop Suture : PGA, PGLA multifilament

• Designed to perform surgery easily and successfully without initial knotting.

• Suitable for Minimally Invasive Surgery such as Laparoscopy & Robot Surgery.

• Just passing the needle through the loop.

2-3. New Products : Sonic-Fil

Sonic-Fil

Components : PGCLA [Poly(glycolide-co-ε-caprolactone-co-L-lactide)]

Features

- New Short-term Synthetic Absorbable Monofilament

- Suitable for soft tissue requiring a fast healing process such as :
Plastic surgery, Urology, Pediatric surgery, Odontology, ENT, Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Low tissue reactivity
- Excellent handling features (High Knot pull tensile strength
Outstanding adaptation to wound edges
2-3. New Products : Sonic-Fil

Sonic-Fil

Tensile Strength Retention

Item 1 week 2 weeks

Sonic-
Sonic- Fil 47% 5%

Competitor 53% 22.5%

Mepfil- Mo 60.2% 22.9%

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