Davis & Geck was a surgical/medical device company founded in 1909 by Charles T. Davis and Fred A. Geck originally located in Brooklyn, NY.[1]
It specialized in the development and manufacture of surgical sutures along with various other products in the wound closure, surgical technique, and aseptic technique categories. At one point, it manufactured over 2,000 different product codes.
In 1913, the Davis & Geck introduced the Calustro-thermal process for heat sterilization of suture tubes after the sutures were sealed inside. This innovation provided hospitals with a reliable product and saved time in the operating room.[1]
In 1930, the company was acquired by American Cyanamid. The resulting Davis & Geck subsidiary moved its offices, laboratory and production facility to Danbury, CT in the 1950s and later opened a manufacturing plant in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Davis and Geck's most significant contribution to the surgical field was the invention of the synthetic absorbable suture. Its Dexon brand of sutures, patented in 1954 by Carl A. Powers and Gilbert B. Ayres[2]