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Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System

K024048510(k) SpecialDecided Jan 6, 200328-day reviewClass II21 CFR 876.5010

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

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · FGE Stents, Drains And Dilators For The Biliary Ducts

Cleared on Jan 6, 2003 as substantially equivalent to K021630 (Boston Scientific Corp, 2002) after a 28-day review. Its family tree reaches back 5 generations to 1991. 3 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Jan 6, 2003
Review
28 days
Class
Class II
Product code
FGE
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 5 generations to K905720 (1991). 13 ancestors in all. 3 later devices descend from it, 3 citing it directly.

Other ancestors, by year clearedDescendants, by year cleared 2001: 2 other ancestors1997: 4 other ancestors1998: 1 other ancestor1991: 1 other ancestor2014: 1 descendant cleared2003: 2 descendants clearedK905720 · Palmaz Biliary Stent · Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems · 1991×3: 3 generations cleared close together, K990631 (1999), K991028 (1999), K992755 (1999) K021630 · Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System · Boston Scientific Corp · 20021990200020102020
  1. Root · 5 generations backK905720 Palmaz Biliary StentJohnson & Johnson Interventional Systems · 1991
  2. 4 generations backK990631 Cordia Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and Delivery…Cordis Corp. · 1999
  3. 3 generations backK991028 Cordis Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and AccessoriesCordis Corp. · 1999
  4. 2 generations backK992755 Cordis Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and Delivery…Cordis, A Johnson & Johnson Co. · 1999
  5. 1 generation backK021630 Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corp · 2002
  6. This deviceK024048 Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted…Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2003
  7. Descendant · cites it directly · 2 of its ownK030645 Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Unmounted StentBoston Scientific Corp · 2003
  8. Descendant · cites it directly · 1 of its ownK032360 Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted…Boston Scientific Corp · 2003
  9. Descendant · cites it directly · 0 of its ownK133110 Express LD Biliary Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation · 2014

Most influential descendants

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  • K030645Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Unmounted StentBoston Scientific Corp · 2003 · cites it directly2descendants
  • K032360Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System and Express…Boston Scientific Corp · 2003 · cites it directly1descendant
  • K133110Express LD Biliary Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation · 2014 · cites it directly0descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−5K905720Palmaz Biliary StentJohnson & Johnson Interventional Systems1991—
−4K990631Cordia Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and Delivery System, Model…Cordis Corp.1999—
−3K991028Cordis Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and AccessoriesCordis Corp.1999—
−2K992755Cordis Palmaz Corinthian Transhepatic Biliary Stent and Delivery System…Cordis, A Johnson & Johnson Co.1999—
−1K021630Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corp2002—
0 (this device)K024048Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.2003—
+1K030645Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Unmounted StentBoston Scientific Corp2003—
+1K032360Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System…Boston Scientific Corp2003—
+1K133110Express LD Biliary Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation2014—

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199110
199740
199810
200120

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200320
201410
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K024048, 1991–2014Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

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
*K021630Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System
Summary page 1
…ription Stent Description The 27 mm Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System will be identical to the currently marketed Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent Systems (K021630). The Express Biliary LD Stent is a balloon expandable metallic stent intended to maintain patency of biliary strictures produce…
Boston Scientific Corp2002—

Also cleared against K021630: 3 other devices →

What descends from it? (3)

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

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K030645Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Unmounted StentBoston Scientific Corp20032
K032360Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System and Express…Boston Scientific Corp20031
K133110Express LD Biliary Premounted Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation20140

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 12 years and passes through 5 companies; a new generation was cleared every 3 months on median.
  • None of the 13 ancestors has a recall.
  • Of its descendants, K030645 (Boston Scientific Corp, 2003) has gone furthest, with 2 descendants of its own.
  • 3 other devices also cite its predicate K021630.

How does its category compare?

All FGE devices

FGE Stents, Drains And Dilators For The Biliary Ducts: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · FGE

7in 2025

2007: 42008: 112009: 72010: 92011: 92012: 82013: 52014: 82015: 82016: 42017: 92018: 72019: 22020: 42021: 12022: 62023: 62024: 62025: 72026 (partial year): 8
2007high 11 (2008) · low 1 (2021)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · FGE

257in 2025

2007: 316 days median2008: 214 days median2009: 160 days median2010: 81 days median2011: 114 days median2012: 96 days median2013: 161 days median2014: 156 days median2015: 79 days median2016: 49 days median2017: 59 days median2018: 215 days median2020: 121 days median2022: 101 days median2023: 199 days median2024: 188 days median2025: 257 days median2026 (partial year): 153 days median
2007high 316 (2007) · low 49 (2016)2026

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

Recalls per year · FGE

1in 2024

2007: 542008: 932009: 182010: 322011: 22012: 42013: 32017: 12018: 432019: 132020: 12021: 272022: 212023: 192024: 12026 (partial year): 11
2007high 93 (2008) · low 0 (2014)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · FGE

1,923in 2025

2007: 1,0062008: 1,4652009: 1,6552010: 1,4342011: 1,3212012: 1,1832013: 1,0602014: 1,2702015: 1,5432016: 1,4532017: 1,5152018: 1,6812019: 1,8962020: 2,1822021: 2,2972022: 1,7492023: 1,6152024: 1,9482025: 1,923
2007high 2,297 (2021) · low 1,006 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code FGE, 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
20074316541,006
200811214931,465
20097160181,655
2010981321,434
2011911421,321
201289641,183
2013516131,060
2014815601,270
201587901,543
201644901,453
201795911,515
20187215431,681
20192—131,896
2020412112,182
20211—272,297
20226101211,749
20236199191,615
2024618811,948
2025725701,923
2026815311—

What is it indicated for?

The ExpressTM Biliary LD Premounted Stent System is indicated for the palliation of

malignant neoplasms in the biliary tree.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K024048: Modification to Boston Scientific Express Biliary LD Premounted Stent System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K024048

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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