# K030879: Veritas Collagen Matrix

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Synovis Surgical Innovations
- Decided: Apr 24, 2003 after 35 days
- Product code: OXE (Mesh, Surgical, Collagen, Staple Line Reinforcement)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.3300
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
18 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 19 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (listed below).

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K002233: Bvi Sling, Bio-Vascular, Inc. (2000). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K002233, FDA’s number for Bvi Sling (Bio-Vascular, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Veritas Collagen Matrix”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K062915: Veritas Collagen Matrix (2006), 15 descendants of its own
- K073391: Surgisis Biodesign Tissue Graft (2008), 8 descendants of its own
- K140306: Cormatrix Protect Ecm Envelope (2014), 4 descendants of its own
- K041669: Veritas Dry Collagen Matrix, Veritas Dry or Veritas PSD (2004), 4 descendants of its own
- K173242: CanGaroo Envelope (small), CanGaroo Envelope (medium), CanGaroo Envelope (large), CanGaroo Envelope (extra large) (2017), 3 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Veritas Collagen Matrix is intended for use as an implant for the surgical repair of soft tissue deficiencies; this includes but is not limited to the following: Buttressing and reinforcing staple lines during lung resection (e.g., wedge resection, blebectomy, Ilobectomy, bullectomy, bronchial resection, segmentectomy, pnuemonectomy/pneumectomy, pneumoreduction) and other incision and excision of the lung and bronchus. Reinforcement of the gastric staple line during the bariatric surgical procedures of gastric bypass and gastric banding. Abdominal and thoracic wall repair, muscle flap reinforcement, rectal prolapse excluding rectocele, reconstruction of the pelvic floor excluding transvaginal organ prolapse repair, and repair of hernias (e.g., diaphragmatic, femoral, incisional, inguinal, lumbar, paracolostomy, scrotal, umbilical).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K030879
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology