# K023134: Jet-X Tin Coated Half Pins

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 9, 2002 after 19 days
- Product code: JDW (Pin, Fixation, Threaded)
- 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 K953397 (1995). 1 ancestor in all.
51 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 53 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K953397: Hex-Fix Field Fixator, Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc. (1995)
- (no number) Richards Titanium Half Pin: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K023921: Jet-X HA Coated Half Pins (2003), 50 descendants of its own
- K033289: Modification to Jet-X HA Coated Half Pins (2004), 49 descendants of its own
- K050849: HA Coated Lag Screw (2005), 34 descendants of its own
- K123055: Smith & Nephew, Inc Screw and Plate System Instrumentation (2013), 33 descendants of its own
- K140814: Evos Mini-Fragment Plating System (2014), 32 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Jet-X TIN Coated Half Pin is intended to be used with an external fixation system for fracture fixation (open and closed); pseudoarthrosis or nonunion of long bones; limb lengthening by epiphyseal or metaphyseal distraction, correction of bony or soft tissue deformity; correction of segmental bony or soft tissue defects; and joint arthrodesis.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K023134
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology