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Cleared

Staple Fixation System

K894929510(k) TraditionalCleared Aug 30, 198928-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3030

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Concept, Inc. · JDR Staple, Fixation, Bone

Cleared on Aug 30, 1989 after a 28-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 26 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Aug 30, 1989
Review
28 days
Class
Class II
Product code
JDR
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

26 later devices descend from it, 1 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 1996: 1 descendant cleared2012: 1 descendant cleared2018: 2 descendants cleared2013: 2 descendants cleared2022: 1 descendant cleared2023: 3 descendants cleared2015: 2 descendants cleared2017: 2 descendants cleared2024: 5 descendants cleared2021: 2 descendants cleared2019: 1 descendant cleared2020: 1 descendant cleared2026: 2 descendants cleared2025: 1 descendant cleared1990200020102020
  1. This deviceK894929 Staple Fixation SystemConcept, Inc. · 1989
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 25 of its ownK962705 Mli Modular StapleMedicinelodge, Inc. · 1996
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 24 of its ownK121277 Z-Snap Off Screw, Z-Double Thread Compression Screw, Z-Guide Wire…Z-Medical GmbH & Co. KG · 2012
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 15 of its ownK131061 Restore Bunion Correction SystemNextremity Solutions · 2013
  5. Descendant · 4 generations on · 8 of its ownK170214 Additive Orthopaedics Locking Lattice PlateAdditive Orthopaedics, LLC · 2017
  6. Descendant · 3 generations on · 6 of its ownK222645 Treace Medical Concepts (TMC) Implant Fixation SystemTreace Medical Concepts · 2022

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Descendants cleared per year

1996: 12012: 12013: 22015: 22017: 22018: 22019: 12020: 12021: 22022: 12023: 32024: 52025: 12026: 2
1996high 5 (2024) · low 0 (1997)2026

Most influential descendants

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  • K962705Mli Modular StapleMedicinelodge, Inc. · 1996 · cites it directly25descendants
  • K121277Z-Snap Off Screw, Z-Double Thread Compression Screw, Z-Guide Wire, Z-StapleZ-Medical GmbH & Co. KG · 2012 · 2 generations on24descendants
  • K131061Restore Bunion Correction SystemNextremity Solutions · 2013 · 3 generations on15descendants
  • K170214Additive Orthopaedics Locking Lattice PlateAdditive Orthopaedics, LLC · 2017 · 4 generations on8descendants
  • K222645Treace Medical Concepts (TMC) Implant Fixation SystemTreace Medical Concepts · 2022 · 3 generations on6descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K894929Staple Fixation SystemConcept, Inc.1989—
+1K962705Mli Modular StapleMedicinelodge, Inc.1996—
+2K121277Z-Snap Off Screw, Z-Double Thread Compression Screw, Z-Guide Wire, Z-StapleZ-Medical GmbH & Co. KG2012—
+3K131061Restore Bunion Correction SystemNextremity Solutions2013—
+4K170214Additive Orthopaedics Locking Lattice PlateAdditive Orthopaedics, LLC2017—
+3K222645Treace Medical Concepts (TMC) Implant Fixation SystemTreace Medical Concepts2022—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199610
201210
201320
201520
201720
201820
201910
202010
202120
202210
202330
202450
202510
202620
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K894929, 1989–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it? (26)

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1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K962705Mli Modular StapleMedicinelodge, Inc.199625

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K962705 (Medicinelodge, Inc., 1996) has gone furthest, with 25 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All JDR devices

JDR Staple, Fixation, Bone: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JDR

3in 2025

2007: 82008: 52010: 22011: 12012: 12013: 92014: 112015: 72016: 62017: 92018: 82019: 52020: 42021: 32022: 52023: 92024: 42025: 32026 (partial year): 2
2007high 11 (2014) · low 0 (2009)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · JDR

65in 2025

2007: 70 days median2008: 89 days median2013: 137 days median2014: 97 days median2015: 111 days median2016: 101 days median2017: 172 days median2018: 107 days median2019: 149 days median2020: 161 days median2021: 62 days median2022: 107 days median2023: 72 days median2024: 29 days median2025: 65 days median
2007high 172 (2017) · low 29 (2024)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · JDR

11in 2022

2008: 12015: 12018: 12020: 12022: 112026 (partial year): 2
2007high 11 (2022) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · JDR

314in 2025

2007: 32008: 142009: 102010: 352011: 622012: 342013: 272014: 492015: 482016: 762017: 1162018: 2392019: 2422020: 2342021: 2102022: 2022023: 1752024: 2062025: 314
2007high 314 (2025) · low 3 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JDR, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
200787003
2008589114
20090—010
20102—035
20111—062
20121—034
20139137027
20141197049
20157111148
20166101076
201791720116
201881071239
201951490242
202041611234
20213620210
2022510711202
20239720175
20244290206
20253650314
20262—2—
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510(k) Report. “K894929: Staple Fixation System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K894929

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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026