# K875156: Stainless Steel Orthopaedic Cable System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Richards Medical Co., Inc.
- Decided: Jan 20, 1988 after 36 days
- Product code: JDQ (Cerclage, Fixation)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3010
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
50 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 51 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K961569: Dall-Miles Stainless Steel Beaded Cable (1996), 33 descendants of its own
- K971741: Dall-Miles Homogeneous Stainless Steel Cable and Beaded Cable (1997), 28 descendants of its own
- K961283: Dall-Miles Homogenous Vitallium Cable (1996), 28 descendants of its own
- K172350: AxSOS 3 Ti (2017), 17 descendants of its own
- K982545: BMP Cable System (1998), 17 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K875156
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology