# K103408: Posterior Lateral Plates

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 16, 2010 after 27 days
- Product code: HRS (Plate, 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: 5 generations back to K962616 (1996). 10 ancestors in all.
3 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 14 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K082300: Anatomic Locking Plating System, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (2009) Summary page 1.
- K072423: 4.5MM Locking Broad & Narrow Compression Plates, 4.5MM & 5.5MM Cortical & Cancellous Locking Screws, Respectively., DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (2007) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K111663: Trauma Internal Fixation Systems (2012), 1 descendant of its own
- K243761: A.L.P.S. Small Fragment Plating System (2025), 0 descendants of its own
- K171372: Alians Elbow Locking Plating System (2018), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The DePuy Anatomic Locked Plating System Extra Long Plate Line Extension is intended for fixation of fractures, fusions, osteotomies and non-unions of the clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, olecranon, metacarpal, metatarsal, malleolus, tibia, fibula, particularly in osteopenic bone.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K103408
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology