# Surgical Specialties Corp

- Location (FDA's records): Reading, PA
- FDA decisions: 33 (1986–2016): 33 510(k) clearances
- Names in FDA's records: Surgical Specialties Corp (22); Surgical Specialties, Inc. (9); Surgical Specialties Corporation (2)
- Product codes: GAM (8), GAW (5), NEW (5), EFQ (4), GAP (2), HNO (1), NBY (1), GAR (1), MTJ (1), GAT (1), KXK (1), GAN (1)
- Predicates its devices cite: 38 (17 its own); citations of its devices by later devices: 47 (17 its own)
- Recalls linked to its devices: 1 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Firms whose devices it cites most
- Quill Medical, Inc.: 7 (https://510kreport.com/company/quill-medical)
- ETHICON, Inc.: 5 (https://510kreport.com/company/ethicon)
- Surgical Specialties Corp. Dba Angiotech: 3 (https://510kreport.com/company/surgical-specialties-dba-angiotech)
- Coapt Systems, Inc.: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/coapt-systems)
- Osteogenics Biomedical, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/osteogenics-biomedical)
- Riverpoint Medical: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/riverpoint-medical)
- Lukens Medical Corp.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/lukens-medical)
- United States Surgical, A Division of Tyco Healthc: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/united-states-surgical-a-division-of-tyco-healthc)

## Firms that cite its devices most
- Surgical Specialties Corp. Dba Angiotech: 5 (https://510kreport.com/company/surgical-specialties-dba-angiotech)
- Quill Medical, Inc.: 3 (https://510kreport.com/company/quill-medical)
- ETHICON, Inc.: 3 (https://510kreport.com/company/ethicon)
- Y. Jacobs Medical, Inc.: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/y-jacobs-medical)
- Surgical Devices, A Division of Tyco Healthcare: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/surgical-devices-a-division-of-tyco-healthcare)
- Angiotech: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/angiotech)
- Cypris Medical: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/cypris-medical)
- Coapt Systems, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/coapt-systems)

## Its most-cited devices
- K080985: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Polydioxanone (Pdo) (2008), cited by 7
- K072028: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Monoderm (2007), cited by 5
- K041593: Featherlift Extended Length Aptos Thread (2004), cited by 5
- K052437: Modified Monoderm Monofilament, Synthetic, Absorbable Suture (2005), cited by 3
- K080680: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Pdo (Polydioxanone (2008), cited by 3
- K050548: Contour Midface Opposing Uni-Directional Threads (2005), cited by 3

## Recent decisions
- K160744: LOOK PTFE Suture (Jul 13, 2016)
- K141778: Quill Monoderm Knotless Tissue-Closure Device, Variable Loop Design (Jul 30, 2014)
- K141625: Polysyn Surgical Suture (Jul 18, 2014)
- K141558: Quill Monoderm Knotless Tissue-Closure Device (Jul 11, 2014)
- K140227: Monoderm Surgical Suture (Feb 28, 2014)
- K080985: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Polydioxanone (Pdo) (Apr 23, 2008)
- K080680: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Pdo (Polydioxanone (Mar 21, 2008)
- K071989: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture Material (Aug 6, 2007)

Source page: https://510kreport.com/company/surgical-specialties