# K143624: Headless Compression Screw System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Skeletal Dynamics, LLC
- Decided: Jan 13, 2015 after 22 days
- Product code: HWC (Screw, Fixation, Bone)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3040
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K030302 (2003). 2 ancestors in all.
7 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 10 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K112672: Headless Compression Screw, Skeletal Dynamics, LLC (2011) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K201662: REDUCT® Headless Compression Screw System (2020), 2 descendants of its own
- K192744: CORRIDOR Fixation System (2019), 2 descendants of its own
- K250920: Arthrex Spine Compression FT Screw (2025), 1 descendant of its own
- K220723: Hand Trauma Screw System (2022), 1 descendant of its own
- K262618: Arthrex Spine Compression FT Screw (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Skeletal Dynamics Headless Compression Screw System is intended for fixation of osseous fragments or fractures, arthrodesis of small joints, and osteotomies, with the appropriately sized screw. Examples include: Scaphoid fractures, lunate fractures, capitate fractures, trapezial fractures, metacarpal and metatarsal fractures, phalangeal fractures, radial head fractures, ulnar styloid fractures, osteo-chondral fractures, small joint fusions, carpal fractures and non-unions, capitellum fractures, distal radius fractures, humeral head fractures, glenoid fractures, intercarpal fusions, interphalangeal fractures, metatarsal osteotomies, tarsal fusions, malleolar fractures, patellar fractures, odontoid fractures, and mandibular fractures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K143624
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology