# K070031: Memometal Memory Staples

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Memometal Technologies
- Decided: Mar 19, 2007 after 75 days
- Product code: JDR (Staple, Fixation, Bone)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3030
- 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 K902307 (1990). 3 ancestors in all.
114 later devices descend from it; 13 cite it directly.
0 of 118 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K964226: Memory Staple (20 Sizes Available), Landos, Inc. (1997) Summary page 1.
- K993714: Memograph Staple, Warm System, Biomedical Ent., Inc. (2000) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K111678: Ortho Solutions Extremity Fixation Implants for Osteosysnthesis (2012), 58 descendants of its own
- K124045: Fuseforce Implant System (2013), 29 descendants of its own
- K141784: Ortho Solutions Ultos Plating System (2014), 28 descendants of its own
- K131722: I.T.S. Extremity Fixation Systems (2013), 24 descendants of its own
- K162674: BioPro Foot Plating Systems (2017), 19 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The MEMOMETAL MEMORY STAPLES (MEMOCLIP, EASYCLIP and FOR FUSION) are indicated for hand and foot bone fragments osteotomy fixation and joint arthrodesis.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K070031
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology