MINT PDO is from South Korea, and it is a safe & effective absorbable suture made from a PDO, polydioxanone. With a decade worth of safety track record in surgery, PDO is a safe raw material that has been used for cardiovascular surgery for wound closure. Starting 2004, PDO’s use has evolved so that it is applied for minimally invasive procedure such as for soft tissue approximation in MINT procedures. MINT PDO received 510(K) clearance from the FDA by demonstrating that the device to be marketed is safe & effective, and it i... read full review »