# K103052: V-Loc (TM) Nonabsorbable Wound Closure Device

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Covidien, LLC
- Decided: Nov 10, 2010 after 27 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: 1 generation back to K990952 (1999). 1 ancestor in all.
3 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K990952: Novafil** and Vascufil** Sterile Synthetic Non-Absorbable Sutures, United States Surgical, A Division of Tyco Healthc (1999) Summary page 1.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K090348: Codman Bactiseal Evd Catheter Set, Codman Bactiseal Clear Evd Catheter Set, Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. (2009). Our reading of the summary gave K090348, FDA’s number for Codman Bactiseal Evd Catheter Set, Codman Bactiseal Clear… (Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “V-Loc 180 Absorbable Wound Closure Device”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K211792: StitchKit (2021), 1 descendant of its own
- K221527: StitchKit (2023), 0 descendants of its own
- K111442: V-Loc 180 Absorbable Reload, V-Loc PBT Non-Absorbable Reload, Endo Stitch (TM) Endoscopic Suturing Device, Sils (TM)... (2011), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
V-LOC Nonabsorbable Wound Closure Device is indicated for soft tissue approximation.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K103052
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology