# K230867: Bone Bolt System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedics
- Decided: Jun 26, 2023 after 89 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: 12 generations back to K962616 (1996). 94 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 95 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K161616: DePuy Synthes 4.0 mm and 4.5 mm Cortex Screws, DePuy Synthes 2.4 mm Cannulated Screws, DePuy Synthes 3.5 mm and 4.0 mm Cannulated Screws, DePuy Synthes 4.5 mm Cannulated Screws, DePuy Synthes 6.5 mm Cannulated Screws, DePuy Synthes 7.0 mm and 7.3 mm Cannulated Screws, DePuy Synthes 1.5 mm Headless Compression Screws, DePuy Synthes 2.4 mm Headless Compression Screws, DePuy Synthes 3.0 mm Headless Compression Screws, DePuy Synthes 4.5 mm and 6.5 mm Headless Compression Screw, Synthes USA Products, LLC (2017) Summary page 4.
- K043185: Synthes 3.5MM Cortex Screws, Synthes (Usa) (2005) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The 3.5mm, 4.0mm and 4.5mm Bone Bolt System is indicated for fixation of fractures, fusions, osteotomies, non-unions, and malunions of small bones, small bone fragments, long bones, and long bone fragments of clavicle, scapula, olecranon, humerus, radius, ulna, pelvis, tibia, calcaneus, femur, and fibula, and the bones of the hand and foot in adults and in both children (2-12 years) and adolescents (12-21 years) in which growth plates have fused or in which growth plates will not be crossed by Bone Bolt fixation. The 5.0mm, 6.0mm and 7.0mm Bone Bolt System is indicated for fixation of fractures, fusions, osteotomies, non-unions, and malunions of long bones and long bone fragments of humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, femur and fibula, pelvis, sacrum, and the bones of the foot in adults and in both children (2-12 years) and adolescents (12-21 years) in which growth plates have fused or in which growth plates will not be crossed by Bone Bolt fixation.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K230867
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology