# K170767: Surgical Stainless Steel Suture, Stainless Steel Suture

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: ETHICON, Inc.
- Decided: Nov 1, 2017 after 232 days
- Product code: GAQ (Suture, Nonabsorbable, Steel, Monofilament And Multifilament, Sterile)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4495
- 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 K946173 (1995). 1 ancestor in all.
42 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 44 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K946173: Stainless Steel, Gut, Poly (Glycolide/L-Lactide) Polyamide, Polypropylene, Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) and Silk, ETHICON, Inc. (1995) Summary page 4.
- (no number) Surgical Stainless Steel Suture: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K202889: Able Medical Devices Valkyrie Thoracic Fixation System (2021), 39 descendants of its own
- K220782: IdentiTi™ Porous Ti Interbody System, IdentiTi™ NanoTec™ Interbody System, Transcend™ PEEK Interbody System, Transcend™ NanoTec™ Interbody System, IdentiTi™ ALIF Standalone Interbody System, IdentiTi™ NanoTec™ ALIF Standalone Interbody System, IdentiTi™ Cervical Standalone Interbody System, IdentiTi™ NanoTec™ Cervical Standalone Interbody System (2022), 36 descendants of its own
- K222028: IdentiTi™ Porous Ti Interbody System, IdentiTi™ NanoTec™ Interbody System, Transcend™ PEEK Interbody System, Transcend™ NanoTec™ Interbody System, IdentiTi™ ALIF Standalone Interbody System, IdentiTi™ NanoTec™ ALIF Standalone Interbody System (2022), 28 descendants of its own
- K222973: IdentiTi and Transcend Interbody Systems: IndentiTi Cervical Porous Ti Interbody System, IdentiTi NanoTec Cervical Interbody System, Transcend Cervical PEEK Interbody System, Transcend NanoTec Cervical Interbody System, IdentiTi Cervical Standalone Interbody System, IdentiTi NanoTec Cervical Standalone Interbody Sytem (2022), 13 descendants of its own
- K232432: E3D™-A Interbody System (2024), 8 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Stainless Steel Suture is indicated for use in abdominal wound closure, hernia repair, sternal closure and orthopaedic procedures including cerclage and tendon repair.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K170767
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology