# K032901: Stryker Mini-Mender Meniscal Repair System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Abbreviated)
- Applicant: Stryker Endoscopy
- Decided: Dec 2, 2003 after 76 days
- Product code: GAT (Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polyethylene)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.5000
- 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 K930738 (1994). 2 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K021019: Cottony II, Silky II Polydek & Tevdek II Polyester Suture, Genzyme Corp. (2002). Our reading of the summary gave “K021019” beside “510(k)”; FDA’s K021019 is the only number that fits it and carries the summary’s name for the device. Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K082535: Covidien Sports Surgery as Meniscal Repair Device (2008), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Stryker Mini-Mender Meniscal Repair System is intended for use in arthroscopic suture fixation techniques of meniscal tears. The Stryker Mini-Mender Meniscal Repair System is intended for single-use only.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K032901
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology