# K023714: Reprocessed External Fixation Device

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Alliance Medical Corp.
- Decided: Feb 3, 2003 after 90 days
- Product code: KTT (Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3030
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K831576 (1983). 4 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K802814: Orthofix Axialexternal Fixation Sys., Cintor Orthopaedic Div. (1980) Summary page 1.
- K831576: Orthofix, Electro-Biology, Inc. (1983) Summary page 1.
- K944092: Additional Accessories for the Orthofix System, Orthofix Srl (1995) Summary page 1.
- K955848: Orthofix Modulsystem, Orthofix, Inc. (1996) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K052065: Alliance Medical Corporation Reprocessed External Fixation Devices (2005), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Reprocessed external. fixation devices are indicated for use in patients requiring external skeletal fixation and treatment of fractures, osteotomy, arthrodesis, correction of deformities, fracture revision, bone reconstruction procedures, limb lengthening, correction of bony or soft tissue deformities and segmental bony or soft tissue defects.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K023714
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology