# K070673: Force Fiber Black CO-Braid Polyethylene Non-Absorbable Surgical Suture

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Teleflexmedical, Inc.
- Decided: Apr 2, 2007 after 21 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: 4 generations back to K990088 (1999). 15 ancestors in all.
23 later devices descend from it; 7 cite it directly.
0 of 39 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K063778: Force Fiber Polyethylene Nonabsorbable Suture, Teleflex Medical (2007) Summary page 1.
- K930738: Surgical Sutures, PGL, Gut, Deklene, Opthamend Etc, Deknatel, Inc. (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K181774: Force Fiber White and White/Blue, White/Black, Blue, and White/Green sutures; Force Fiber OrthoTape suture; Bondek suture and Bondek Plus suture; Monodek suture; Polyglytone*6211 suture (2018), 10 descendants of its own
- K132867: Surelock All-Suture Anchor with Inserter, 1.4MM, Surelock All-Suture Anchor with Inserter, 2.2MM (2013), 7 descendants of its own
- K151068: SureLock W Suture Anchor (2015), 6 descendants of its own
- K230311: HyperSuture (2023), 4 descendants of its own
- K172186: BioWick X Implant with Driver (2017), 4 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Force Fiber® Black Co-Braid Polyethylene Non-Absorbable Surgical Sutures are indicated for use in approximation and/or ligation of soft tissues, including use in cardiovascular surgeries and the use of allograft tissue for orthopaedic surgeries.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K070673
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology