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resorbable repair device is implanted into a prepared hole in the bone, and is used to reattach damaged soft tissue. The suture anchors are made of a resorbable copolymer, derived from glycolide and lactide colored with D&C violet #2. The glycolide/lactide copolymer degrades and resorbs IN VIVO by hydrolysis to lactic and glycolic acids which are then metabolized by the body. U.S.P. size 2-0 (3 metric) TI•CRON™ polyester sutures are nonabsorbable, sterile, surgical sutures composed of polyethylene terephthalate. The braided sutures are coated uniformly with silicone to increase surface lubrici
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