# K071989: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture Material

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Surgical Specialties Corp
- Decided: Aug 6, 2007 after 17 days
- Product code: NEW (Suture, Surgical, Absorbable, Polydioxanone)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4840
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 6 generations back to K014153 (2002). 15 ancestors in all.
31 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 47 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K051609: Quill Synthetic Absorbable Barbed Suture, Quill Medical, Inc. (2005) Summary page 1.
- (no number) PDS II Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K080680: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Pdo (Polydioxanone (2008), 30 descendants of its own
- K080985: Quill Self-Retaining System (SRS) Comprised of Polydioxanone (Pdo) (2008), 29 descendants of its own
- K120827: Quill Pdo Knotless Tissue-Closure Device (Polydixanone) (2012), 13 descendants of its own
- K150670: STRATAFIX Spiral PDS Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device (2015), 8 descendants of its own
- K182873: STRATAFIX Symmetric PDS Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices, STRATAFIX Spiral PDS Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices, STRATAFIX Spiral MONOCRYL Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices, STRATAFIX Spiral MONOCRYL Knotless Tissue Control Devices (2019), 7 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Quill TM Self-Retaining System (SRS) comprised of PDO is indicated for soft tissue approximation where use of an absorbable suture is appropriate.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071989
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology