Katsan Surgical Sutures, a leading synthetic surgical suture manufacturing company in Turkey, was founded in 1976 as a catgut producer. Katsan is striving for higher quality products and a bigger market share by using innovative technologies.About Us

Katsan integrates its own competence and proficiency in production of medical devices for surgery with new ideas to develop and provide physician and patient-centric solutions and products. The manufacturing site in Izmir, Turkey with over 2600 m2 area has a ISO class 8 cleanroom. Katsan puts endless effort to develop healthcare sector with experienced staff that manufactures world quality medical equipment.
Katsan’s wide product range benefits patients by helping them handle deseases and live healthier and longer lives, and helping healthcare professionals treat patients by using best-in-class medical devices. Katsan’s medical devices, including surgical sutures, products for laparoscopic surgery, sports medicine, haemostats and meshes, are designed for improving the quality of life of the
patients.
Katsan leverages its expertise, breadth and scale in order to support its partners, startups and other producers by providing qualified services for each step of OEM manufacturing.

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Surgical Sutures

Laparoscopic Surgery

Sports Medicine

Hemostats

Meshes

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OEM Production

Product Design

EO Sterilization

Assembly and Packaging

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Are You Familiar With The Clinical Evaluation Consultation Procedure (CECP)?

The Clinical Evaluation Consultation Procedure (CECP) is an extra requirement of a clinical evaluation process under 745/2017 MDR for implantable Class III

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Are You Ready For EUDAMED?

EUDAMED is MDR’s one of the most critical aspects as it's intended to act as a “living database” of every medical device that is roaming the European Union.

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HAVE YOU ASSIGNED YOUR PRRC YET?

The Person Responsible for Regulatory Compliance (PRRC) is a position that was introduced with the MDR and should not be confused with quality assurance managers

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DO PATIENTS EVEN NEED THE MDR?

MDR’S sole goal and purpose are to update the EU rules regarding the safety and performance of medical devices to ensure that patients get the best possible technology with the absolute minimum risk

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HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS?

Guidance documents, just like international standards are non-binding but useful tools to help the relevant parties interpret the regulation.

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MEDICA ‘2022

In 2022, we once again participated in MEDICA, one of the most important medical device exhibitions in Europe and the world in general.

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BARBED SUTURE TECHNOLOGY AND THE NEED FOR KNOTLESS TISSUE CLOSURE

In cases where the use of sutures is required, surgical knotting as part of traditional methods is usually utilized, hence the use...

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ACL (ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) INJURIES

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common. It is frequently encountered in various sports branches such as football, basketball, and gymnastics.

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Events »

ARAB HEALTH 2023

KATSAN Medical Devices participated in the ARAB HEALTH 2023 exhibition held in the United Arab Emirates - Dubai World Trade Center between January 30 - February 2, 2023.

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VMX ‘2023

Participated in the VMX (Veterinary Meeting Expo) exhibition organized by NAVC (North American Veterinary Community) in Orlando on January 14-19 for the first time in its history this year.

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FIME EVENT 2022

This year, we participated in the FIME, as we did last year. The exhibition took place at Miami Beach Convention Center between 27-29 July.

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Exposanità 2022

Exposanità, International Health Care Exhibition, is Italy’s unique exhibition dedicated to health care and assistance, the second largest in Europe in terms of number of exhibitors and product range.

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