# K050241: Aos Humeral Nail

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 14, 2005 after 40 days
- Product code: HSB (Rod, Fixation, Intramedullary And Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3020
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
6 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 7 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names no predicate by number.

## Most influential descendants
- K090478: Aos Proximal Humeral Nail (2009), 4 descendants of its own
- K133081: Trochanteric Nails and ES Trochanteric Nails, Humeral Naisl, Tibial Nails, Antegrade Femoral Nails, Retrograde Femoral N (2013), 2 descendants of its own
- K230257: Arthrex Intramedullary Nails (2023), 1 descendant of its own
- K252016: Arthrex Humeral Nails (2026), 0 descendants of its own
- K243890: Arthrex Intramedullary Nails (2025), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The AOS Humeral Nail is intended to treat stable and unstable proximal fractures of the humerus including two and three, and in some cases, four part humerus fractures. The Humeral Nail is also indented to treat proximal and distal one third fractures, midshaft fractures and pathological fractures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K050241
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology