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Alliance Medical Corporation Reprocessed External Fixation Devices

K051554510(k) SpecialCleared Jun 29, 200516-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3030

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

Alliance Medical Corp. · KTT Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component

Cleared on Jun 29, 2005 as substantially equivalent to K012634 (Alliance Medical, Inc., 2002) after a 16-day review. Its family tree reaches back 2 generations to 1987.

Decided
Jun 29, 2005
Review
16 days
Class
Class II
Product code
KTT
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 2 generations to K870961 (1987). 4 ancestors in all. No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

Other ancestors, by year cleared 1997: 1 other ancestor1996: 1 other ancestorK870961 · Richards External Fixation System · Richards Medical Co., Inc. · 1987K012634 · Reprocessed External Fixation Device · Alliance Medical, Inc. · 200219851990199520002005
Other ancestors, by generation 2 generations back: 2 other ancestors K012634 · Reprocessed External Fixation Device · Alliance Medical, Inc. · 2002K870961 · Richards External Fixation System · Richards Medical Co., Inc. · 19870
  1. Root · 2 generations backK870961 Richards External Fixation SystemRichards Medical Co., Inc. · 1987
  2. 1 generation backK012634 Reprocessed External Fixation DeviceAlliance Medical, Inc. · 2002
  3. This deviceK051554 Alliance Medical Corporation Reprocessed External Fixation DevicesAlliance Medical Corp. · 2005
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−2K870961Richards External Fixation SystemRichards Medical Co., Inc.1987—
−1K012634Reprocessed External Fixation DeviceAlliance Medical, Inc.2002—
0 (this device)K051554Alliance Medical Corporation Reprocessed External Fixation DevicesAlliance Medical Corp.2005—

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199610
199710
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K051554, 1987–2005Source: 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
*K012634Reprocessed External Fixation Device
Summary page 1
…Fixation Appliances and Accessories and Smooth or Threaded Metallic Bone Fixation Fastener Predicate device(s): K012634 Reprocessed Smith & Nephew® External Fixation Devices Device description: External fixation de…
Alliance Medical, Inc.2002—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

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 18 years and passes through 3 companies; a new generation was cleared every 15.3 years on median.
  • None of the 4 ancestors has a recall.

How does its category compare?

All KTT devices

KTT Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KTT

10in 2025

2007: 92008: 112009: 112010: 122011: 102012: 92013: 72014: 142015: 122016: 102017: 112018: 62019: 82020: 92021: 102022: 32023: 72024: 52025: 102026 (partial year): 5
2007high 14 (2014) · low 3 (2022)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · KTT

88in 2025

2007: 55 days median2008: 73 days median2009: 94 days median2010: 148 days median2011: 157 days median2012: 140 days median2013: 87 days median2014: 129 days median2015: 60 days median2016: 142 days median2017: 184 days median2018: 149 days median2019: 110 days median2020: 200 days median2021: 83 days median2022: 25 days median2023: 29 days median2024: 90 days median2025: 88 days median2026 (partial year): 68 days median
2007high 200 (2020) · low 25 (2022)2026

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

Recalls per year · KTT

2in 2021

2007: 22008: 12009: 22010: 12012: 42013: 72017: 12018: 142019: 32021: 22026 (partial year): 11
2007high 14 (2018) · low 0 (2011)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · KTT

673in 2025

2007: 452008: 662009: 452010: 1212011: 1962012: 5272013: 8982014: 4452015: 4012016: 4002017: 4852018: 5972019: 8002020: 9422021: 9612022: 6272023: 5542024: 5232025: 673
2007high 961 (2021) · low 45 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KTT, 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
2007955245
20081173166
20091194245
2010121481121
2011101570196
201291404527
20137877898
2014141290445
201512600401
2016101420400
2017111841485
2018614914597
201981103800
202092000942
202110832961
20223250627
20237290554
20245900523
202510880673
202656811—

What is it indicated for?

Reprocessed external fixation devices are indicated for use in patients requiring external skeletal fixation and treatment of fractures, osteotomy, arthrodesis, correction of deformities, fracture revision, bone reconstruction procedures, limb lengthening, correction of bony or soft tissue deformities and segmental bony or soft tissue defects.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K051554: Alliance Medical Corporation Reprocessed External Fixation Devices.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K051554

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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