# K071732: Marrowminer

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Stemcor Systems, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 24, 2007 after 90 days
- Product code: GDM (Needle, Aspiration And Injection, Reusable)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4800
- 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 K890925 (1989). 13 ancestors in all.
4 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
1 of 18 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K964073: Bme Bone Drill Bits, Biomedical Ent., Inc. (1996) Summary page 1.
- K043523: Interv Brand Snarelok Bone Marrow Biopsy Needle, Medical Device Technologies, Inc. (2005) Summary page 1.
- K062833: Powered EZ-IO Bone Marrow Aspiration System, Vidacare Corporation (2006) Summary page 1.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K961902: Siemens Beam Shaper, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (1996). Our reading of the summary gave K961902, FDA’s number for Siemens Beam Shaper (Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Biomedical Eng, Inc. BoneHog/Excaliber”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 1.
- K971783: Synthes Elastic Intramedullary Nail (Ein) System, Synthes (Usa) (1997). Our reading of the summary gave K971783, FDA’s number for Synthes Elastic Intramedullary Nail (Ein) System (Synthes (Usa)). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Biomedical Eng, Inc. BoneHog/Excaliber”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K152474: Avitus Bone Harvester (2015), 3 descendants of its own
- K170539: Avitus Bone Harvester with Filter Insert - 5mm, Avitus Bone Harvester - 5mm, Avitus Bone Harvester with Filter Insert - 8mm, Avitus Filter Insert - 8mm, Avitus Filter Insert - 5mm (2017), 2 descendants of its own
- K210631: Avitus (r) Bone Harvester (2021), 1 descendant of its own
- K243407: Forcyte Autograft Harvest Kit (2025), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The MarrowMiner is intended for harvesting bone marrow.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071732
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology