# K914575: Sorbsan Topical Wound Dressing (Modified)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Dow B. Hickam, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 4, 1991 after 50 days
- Product code: NAC (Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4018
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
335 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 336 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

## Most influential descendants
- K982597: Fibrcol Plus Collagen Wound Dressing with Alginate (1998), 253 descendants of its own
- K993948: Sis Wound Dressing II (2000), 235 descendants of its own
- K001738: Depuy Restore Orthobiologic Soft Tissue Implant (2000), 173 descendants of its own
- K020049: Fortaflex Surgical Mesh (2002), 102 descendants of its own
- K031969: Depuy Restore Orthobiologic Soft Tissue Implant (2003), 91 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K914575
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology