Biocompatible and bioabsorbable suture and clip material for surgical purposes

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The present invention concerns a suture and clip material for surgical purposes which at least in parts comprises a biodegradable magnesium alloy with the following proportions by weight of the alloy components : rare earth metals between 2.0 and 4.0% by weight, yttrium between 3.5 and 4.5% by weight, zirconium between 0.3 and 1.0% by weight, no aluminum or at most aluminum <0.01% by weight, and balance <0.5% by weight, in particular <0.3% by weight, wherein magnesium occupies the proportion by weight that remains to 100% by weight in the alloy.