# K020791: HBS Headless Bone Screw

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Millennium Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Decided: Jun 6, 2002 after 87 days
- Product code: HWC (Screw, Fixation, Bone)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3040
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K792022 (1979). 2 ancestors in all.
336 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
1 of 339 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K792022: Herbert Bone Screw, Zimmer, Inc. (1979) Summary page 1.
- K931681: Cannulated Navicular Screw, Onyx Medical Corp. (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K024233: Kompressor Screw System (2003), 299 descendants of its own
- K040356: Kompressor Screw System (2004), 255 descendants of its own
- K060071: Nexa Compression Screw (2006), 251 descendants of its own
- K063298: Osteomed Headless Cannulated Screw System (2007), 246 descendants of its own
- K111994: Smith & Nephew Cannulated Screws and Washers (2011), 161 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Headless bone screw system for the fixation of osseous fragments or fractures including: HBS - MINI Scaphoid fractures Lunate fractures Capitate Trapezial fractures Metacarpal and metatarsal fractures Phalangeal fractures Radial head fractures Ulnar styloid fractures Osteo-chrondral Small joint fusions HBS - STANDARD Scaphoid fractures Carpal fractures & non-unions Capitellum fractures Metacarpal fractures Phalangeal fractures Distal radial fractures Radial head fractures Ulnar styloid fractures Small joint fusions Humeral head fractures Glenoid fractures Intercarpal fusions Interphalangeal fractures Metatarsal osteotomies Tarsal fusions Malleolar fractures Patellar fractures Osteo-chrondral fractures Odontoid fractures Mandibular fractures

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K020791
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology