# K900198: Dexon II Absorbable Surgical Suture, U.S.P.

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: American Cyanamid Co.
- Decided: Jul 5, 1990 after 170 days
- Product code: GAN (Suture, Absorbable, Synthetic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4830
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
28 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 29 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
- K972566: Dexon Violet (1997), 27 descendants of its own
- K992088: Bondek Plus Polyglycolic Acid Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture (1999), 14 descendants of its own
- K181774: Force Fiber White and White/Blue, White/Black, Blue, and White/Green sutures; Force Fiber OrthoTape suture; Bondek suture and Bondek Plus suture; Monodek suture; Polyglytone*6211 suture (2018), 10 descendants of its own
- K100461: PDM, Vilet, Vilet Quick, Mono Q, Plain Gut:# 6 Chromic Gut (2010), 5 descendants of its own
- K230311: HyperSuture (2023), 4 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K900198
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology