# K030926: Fast Throw Stainless Steel Surgical Suture

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Advanced Surgical Products, Inc.
- Decided: Jul 21, 2003 after 119 days
- Product code: FZP (Clip, Implantable)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4300
- 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 K933686 (1993). 3 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K933686: Look Inc. 316L Stainless Steel Surgical Suture, Look, Inc. (1993) Summary page 1.
- K931271: Ethi-Pack* Surgical Stainless Steel Suture, ETHICON, Inc. (1994). Our reading of the summary gave K331271, which is not a number in FDA’s lists. Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “Ethicon-Pack Surgical Stainless Steel Suture”.
- K970793: Implantable Clip, United States Surgical, A Division of Tyco Healthc (1997) Summary page 2.

## Indications for use
The ‘‘Fat Throw” Stainless Steel Surgical Suture is indicated for use in superficial skin closure.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K030926
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology