# K011941: Excilon Amd Antimicrobial Sponge Model #7088

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: The Kendall Company
- Decided: Aug 22, 2001 after 62 days
- Product code: FRO (Dressing, Wound, Drug)
- Device class: U
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K914579 (1992). 9 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 11 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K990530: Kerlix MD Antimicrobial Gauze Dressing, The Kendall Company, L.P. (2000). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K980530, FDA’s number for Peregrine Fiber Optic Bipolar Straight Pick and Angled… (Peregrine Surgical, Ltd.). Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “Kendall Kerlix AMD Antimicrobial Gauze”.
- K992221: Acticoat Primary Antimicrobial Dressing, Westaim Biomedical, Inc. (2000) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K070685: Kendall Antimicrobial Drain Dressing for Otc Use, Model 6662 (2007), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Primary dressing for IV sites, tracheostomy tube sites, chest tube sites, catheter and drain sites.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K011941
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology