# K150584: Stryker Suture Tape

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Stryker
- Decided: Aug 13, 2015 after 157 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: 5 generations back to K990088 (1999). 15 ancestors in all.
2 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 18 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K033654: Force Fiber, Teleflex Medical (2004) Summary page 4.
- K092533: Force Fiber Blue Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Non Absorbable Sutures, Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Kmedic, Telef (2009) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K162310: XBraid TT Suture Tape (2016), 1 descendant of its own
- K260775: Polyethylene;Polyethylene Fusion;Polyethylene OrthoTape™ (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Stryker Suture Tape is intended to approximate and/or ligate soft tissues, including the use of allograft tissue for orthopaedic surgeries.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K150584
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology