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Search Evolution Total Knee System

K021313510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 22, 200288-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3560

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Aesculap, Inc. · JWH Prosthesis, Knee, Patellofemorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Polymer/Metal/Polymer

Cleared on Jul 22, 2002 as substantially equivalent to K962152 (Osteonics Corp., 1996) and 4 other predicates after an 88-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 1992. 120 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Jul 22, 2002
Review
88 days
Class
Class II
Product code
JWH
Recalls
None
Predicates
5

Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K915192 (1992). 10 ancestors in all. 120 later devices descend from it, 5 citing it directly.

Other ancestors, by year clearedDescendants, by year cleared 2001: 1 other ancestor2000: 1 other ancestor1998: 2 other ancestors1996: 2 other ancestors1993: 1 other ancestor1992: 1 other ancestor2004: 2 descendants cleared2002: 2 descendants cleared2003: 1 descendant cleared2007: 3 descendants cleared2009: 3 descendants cleared2006: 2 descendants cleared2015: 5 descendants cleared2014: 4 descendants cleared2008: 2 descendants cleared2012: 10 descendants cleared2011: 5 descendants cleared2013: 8 descendants cleared2010: 3 descendants cleared2019: 3 descendants cleared2022: 6 descendants cleared2020: 7 descendants cleared2024: 4 descendants cleared2026: 10 descendants cleared2023: 7 descendants cleared2017: 3 descendants cleared2021: 13 descendants cleared2018: 3 descendants cleared2025: 13 descendants cleared2016: 1 descendant clearedK915192 · 7000 Series Modular Tibial Components · Osteonics Corp. · 1992K994128 · Scorpio Total Stablizer (TS) Total Knee System · Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2000 · recalled1990200020102020
Other ancestors, by generationDescendants, by generation 1 generation back: 4 other ancestors2 generations back: 4 other ancestors 1 generation forward: 5 descendants2 generations forward: 9 descendants3 generations forward: 15 descendants4 generations forward: 30 descendants5 generations forward: 34 descendants6 generations forward: 17 descendants7 generations forward: 7 descendants8 generations forward: 3 descendants K994128 · Scorpio Total Stablizer (TS) Total Knee System · Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2000 · recalledK915192 · 7000 Series Modular Tibial Components · Osteonics Corp. · 19920+5
  1. Root · 2 generations backK915192 7000 Series Modular Tibial ComponentsOsteonics Corp. · 1992
  2. 1 generation backK994128 Scorpio Total Stablizer (TS) Total Knee SystemHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2000 · Recalled
  3. This deviceK021313 Search Evolution Total Knee SystemAesculap, Inc. · 2002
  4. Descendant · cites it directly · 96 of its ownK022672 Columbus Total Knee System (CR)Aesculap, Inc. · 2002 · Recalled
  5. Descendant · cites it directly · 80 of its ownK032108 Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Porous Coated)Aesculap, Inc. · 2004
  6. Descendant · cites it directly · 79 of its ownK070981 Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Plasmapore)Aesculap Implant Systems, Inc. · 2007
  7. Descendant · 2 generations on · 78 of its ownK081023 Evolis Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A. · 2008 · Recalled
  8. Descendant · 3 generations on · 52 of its ownK090988 GMK Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A. · 2009 · Recalled

Showing 5 of 120 descendants. See all descendants

Descendants cleared per year

2002: 22003: 12004: 22006: 22007: 32008: 22009: 32010: 32011: 52012: 102013: 82014: 42015: 52016: 12017: 32018: 32019: 32020: 72021: 132022: 62023: 72024: 42025: 132026: 10
2002high 13 (2021) · low 0 (2005)2026

Most influential descendants

Showing 5 of 120 · See all
  • K022672Columbus Total Knee System (CR)Aesculap, Inc. · 2002 · cites it directly96descendants
  • K032108Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Porous Coated)Aesculap, Inc. · 2004 · cites it directly80descendants
  • K070981Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Plasmapore)Aesculap Implant Systems, Inc. · 2007 · cites it directly79descendants
  • K081023Evolis Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A. · 2008 · 2 generations on78descendants
  • K090988GMK Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A. · 2009 · 3 generations on52descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−2K9151927000 Series Modular Tibial ComponentsOsteonics Corp.1992—
−1K994128Scorpio Total Stablizer (TS) Total Knee SystemHowmedica Osteonics Corp.20008
0 (this device)K021313Search Evolution Total Knee SystemAesculap, Inc.2002—
+1K022672Columbus Total Knee System (CR)Aesculap, Inc.20021
+1K032108Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Porous Coated)Aesculap, Inc.2004—
+1K070981Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Plasmapore)Aesculap Implant Systems, Inc.2007—
+2K081023Evolis Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A.20081
+3K090988GMK Total Knee SystemMedacta International S.A.20091

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199210
199310
199620
199820
200010
200110

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200220
200310
200420
200620
200730
200820
200930
201030
201150
2012100
201380
201440
201550
201610
201730
201830
201930
202070
2021130
202260
202370
202440
2025130
2026100
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K021313, 1992–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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Top candidate predicates for a new JWH device

  1. #1 K221479 Persona Personalized Knee Systemscore 22.4 · 11 generations · no Class I recall
  2. #2 Held for the reportin the report
  3. #3 Held for the reportin the report
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What was it cleared against? (5)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K962152Osteonics Scorpio Posteriorly Stabilized Total Knee System
Summary page 2
…Aescula$', Inc. believes t h a t t h e Search Evolution Total Knee System is substantially equivalent to: Scorpio Posteriorly Stabilized Knee System (K962152) Scot-pi0 Total Stabilizer Total Knee S y s t e m (K994128) 0 Scorpio Posterior Cruciate Retaining Knee…
Osteonics Corp.199613
*K994128Scorpio Total Stablizer (TS) Total Knee System
Summary page 2
…System is substantially equivalent to: Scorpio Posteriorly Stabilized Knee System (K962152) Scot-pi0 Total Stabilizer Total Knee S y s t e m (K994128) 0 Scorpio Posterior Cruciate Retaining Knee System (K974556) Gem Knee System (K994214) G…
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.20008
*K974556Osteonics Scorpio Posterior Cruciate Retaining Total Knee System
Summary page 2
…Stabilized Knee System (K962152) Scot-pi0 Total Stabilizer Total Knee S y s t e m (K994128) 0 Scorpio Posterior Cruciate Retaining Knee System (K974556) Gem Knee System (K994214) Gem Posterior Stabilized Total Knee System (KOlCJlOl)…
Osteonics Corp.19987
*K994214Gem Knee System
Summary page 2
…Scot-pi0 Total Stabilizer Total Knee S y s t e m (K994128) 0 Scorpio Posterior Cruciate Retaining Knee System (K974556) Gem Knee System (K994214) Gem Posterior Stabilized Total Knee System (KOlCJlOl) DEPARTMENT OF HEPZTH & HUMAN SERVICES…
Kinamed, Inc.2000—
*K010101Gem Posterior Stabilized Total Knee SystemKinamed, Inc.2001—

Also cleared against K962152: 9 other devices →

What descends from it? (120)

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5 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K022672Columbus Total Knee System (CR)Aesculap, Inc.200296
K032108Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Porous Coated)Aesculap, Inc.200480
K070981Search Evolution (LC) Total Knee System (Plasmapore)Aesculap Implant Systems, Inc.200779
K023788Columbus (CR) Total Knee SystemAesculap, Inc.200225
K030367Columbus (PS)Aesculap, Inc.200317

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • The line of descent spans 10 years and passes through 3 companies; a new generation was cleared every 8.1 years on median.
  • 5 of the 10 ancestors have a recall of any class.
  • Of its descendants, K022672 (Aesculap, Inc., 2002) has gone furthest, with 96 descendants of its own.
  • 9 other devices also cite its predicate K962152.

How does its category compare?

All JWH devices

JWH Prosthesis, Knee, Patellofemorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Polymer/Metal/Polymer: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JWH

20in 2025

2007: 182008: 172009: 112010: 192011: 252012: 332013: 312014: 332015: 272016: 182017: 252018: 252019: 282020: 222021: 242022: 172023: 202024: 192025: 202026 (partial year): 12
2007high 33 (2012) · low 11 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · JWH

55in 2025

2007: 74 days median2008: 81 days median2009: 168 days median2010: 85 days median2011: 87 days median2012: 85 days median2013: 128 days median2014: 98 days median2015: 87 days median2016: 88 days median2017: 118 days median2018: 90 days median2019: 133 days median2020: 59 days median2021: 61 days median2022: 56 days median2023: 57 days median2024: 89 days median2025: 55 days median2026 (partial year): 63 days median
2007high 168 (2009) · low 55 (2025)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · JWH

2in 2025

2007: 142008: 102009: 1092010: 322011: 272012: 852013: 312014: 132015: 112016: 172017: 612018: 142019: 52020: 22021: 82022: 122023: 672024: 72025: 22026 (partial year): 4
2007high 109 (2009) · low 2 (2020)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · JWH

9,306in 2025

2007: 1,3052008: 1,4832009: 1,8702010: 3,2862011: 5,1332012: 5,2032013: 6,1352014: 6,7222015: 6,8812016: 7,5862017: 12,2632018: 14,0712019: 14,9872020: 12,5922021: 9,4082022: 8,3642023: 8,9472024: 10,8282025: 9,306
2007high 14,987 (2019) · low 1,305 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JWH, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20071874141,305
20081781101,483
2009111681091,870
20101985323,286
20112587275,133
20123385855,203
201331128316,135
20143398136,722
20152787116,881
20161888177,586
2017251186112,263
201825901414,071
201928133514,987
20202259212,592
2021246189,408
20221756128,364
20232057678,947
20241989710,828
2025205529,306
202612634—

What is it indicated for?

The Search Evolution Total Knee System is indicated for use in reconstruction of the diseased knee joint caused by osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis, the need to revise failed arthroplasties or osteotomies where pain, deformity or dysfunction persist, and for patients suffering from correctable valgus or varus deformity and moderate flexion contracture.

For Posterior Stabilized (PS) components:

Absent or non-functioning posterior cruciate ligament and severe anteroposterior instability of the knee joint.

The Search Evolution Knee is designed to for use with bone cement.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

Also cleared against K962152

9 other devices cite the same predicate.

  • K152430All Poly Tibial ComponentUnited Orthopedic Corporation · 2016
  • K123166Triathlon All-Polyethylene Condylar Stabilizing (CS) Tibial Implants Triathlon All-Polyethylene Posterior…Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2013
  • K113060Unity Toatal Knee SystemCorin USA · 20123 recalls
  • K081127Accin Total Knee SystemAccelerated Innovation, LLC · 20081 recall
  • K033769Eius Unicompartmental Knee SystemHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2004
  • K030367Columbus (PS)Aesculap, Inc. · 20031 recall

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https://510kreport.com/device/K021313 · printed Nov 4, 2026

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510(k) Report. “K021313: Search Evolution Total Knee System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K021313

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026