# K914579: Silver Foam Wound Dressing

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vitaphore Corp.
- Decided: Feb 21, 1992 after 128 days
- Product code: FRO (Dressing, Wound, Drug)
- Device class: U
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
162 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 163 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
- K955453: Acticoat Silver Coated Dressing (1996), 161 descendants of its own
- K981299: Silverlon Contact Wound Dressing (1998), 149 descendants of its own
- K023612: Silverlon Contact Wound Dressing (2003), 102 descendants of its own
- K063069: Silvaklenz Skin and Wound Clenser Solution (2007), 73 descendants of its own
- K073547: Anasept Antimicrobial Skin and Wound Cleansers; Anasept Antimicrobial Skin and Wound Gel (2008), 66 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K914579
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology