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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · Class II · 2013

Versa-FX Femoral Fixation System

K954555510(k) TraditionalCleared Jan 26, 1996116-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3030Recalls 1

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

Zimmer, Inc. · KTT Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component

Cleared on Jan 26, 1996 after a 116-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 76 later devices descend from it. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Jan 26, 1996
Review
116 days
Class
Class II
Product code
KTT
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

76 later devices descend from it, 3 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 1997: 1 descendant cleared2015: 3 descendants cleared1999: 1 descendant cleared2021: 4 descendants cleared2005: 1 descendant cleared2003: 1 descendant cleared2008: 1 descendant cleared2011: 3 descendants cleared2010: 2 descendants cleared2009: 2 descendants cleared2022: 5 descendants cleared2013: 5 descendants cleared2023: 5 descendants cleared2012: 1 descendant cleared2016: 3 descendants cleared2017: 5 descendants cleared2020: 4 descendants cleared2018: 4 descendants cleared2014: 1 descendant cleared2025: 8 descendants cleared2026: 5 descendants cleared2024: 8 descendants cleared2019: 3 descendants cleared1995200020052010201520202025
  1. This deviceK954555 Versa-FX Femoral Fixation SystemZimmer, Inc. · 1996
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 71 of its ownK983814 Gotfried Percutaneous Compression Plating SystemEfratgo, Ltd. HI Tech Bio-Surgical · 1999
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 35 of its ownK080434 Intertan CHS Locking Plate System Prox Fem Plates/ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2008
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 34 of its ownK090656 Intertan CHS Limited Collapse Set ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2009
  5. Descendant · 3 generations on · 33 of its ownK123055 Smith & Nephew, Inc Screw and Plate System InstrumentationSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013
  6. Descendant · 4 generations on · 32 of its ownK140814 Evos Mini-Fragment Plating SystemSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014 · Recalled

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Descendants cleared per year

1997: 11999: 12003: 12005: 12008: 12009: 22010: 22011: 32012: 12013: 52014: 12015: 32016: 32017: 52018: 42019: 32020: 42021: 42022: 52023: 52024: 82025: 82026: 5
1997high 8 (2024) · low 0 (1998)2026

Most influential descendants

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  • K983814Gotfried Percutaneous Compression Plating SystemEfratgo, Ltd. HI Tech Bio-Surgical · 1999 · cites it directly71descendants
  • K080434Intertan CHS Locking Plate System Prox Fem Plates/ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2008 · 2 generations on35descendants
  • K090656Intertan CHS Limited Collapse Set ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2009 · 3 generations on34descendants
  • K123055Smith & Nephew, Inc Screw and Plate System InstrumentationSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013 · 3 generations on33descendants
  • K140814Evos Mini-Fragment Plating SystemSmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014 · 4 generations on32descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K954555Versa-FX Femoral Fixation SystemZimmer, Inc.1996—
+1K983814Gotfried Percutaneous Compression Plating SystemEfratgo, Ltd. HI Tech Bio-Surgical1999—
+2K080434Intertan CHS Locking Plate System Prox Fem Plates/ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc.2008—
+3K090656Intertan CHS Limited Collapse Set ScrewSmith & Nephew, Inc.2009—
+3K123055Smith & Nephew, Inc Screw and Plate System InstrumentationSmith & Nephew, Inc.2013—
+4K140814Evos Mini-Fragment Plating SystemSmith & Nephew, Inc.20142

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199710
199910
200310
200510
200810
200920
201020
201130
201210
201350
201410
201530
201630
201750
201840
201930
202040
202140
202250
202350
202480
202580
202650
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K954555, 1996–2026Source: 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? (76)

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3 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K983814Gotfried Percutaneous Compression Plating SystemEfratgo, Ltd. HI Tech Bio-Surgical199971
K150818Versa-Fx Femoral Fixation System, Versa-Fx II Femoral Fixation System, Free-Lock Femoral…Zimmer, Inc.20152
K970280Fixano D.S.S. (Double Sliding Screws) System for Osteosynthesis of Per-Trochanteroam…Ferguson Medical19970

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

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Oct 11, 2013Class IIZ-1005-2014PackagingZimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the…

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K983814 (Efratgo, Ltd. HI Tech Bio-Surgical, 1999) has gone furthest, with 71 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All KTT devices

KTT Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KTT

10in 2025

2007: 92008: 112009: 112010: 122011: 102012: 92013: 72014: 142015: 122016: 102017: 112018: 62019: 82020: 92021: 102022: 32023: 72024: 52025: 102026 (partial year): 5
2007high 14 (2014) · low 3 (2022)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · KTT

88in 2025

2007: 55 days median2008: 73 days median2009: 94 days median2010: 148 days median2011: 157 days median2012: 140 days median2013: 87 days median2014: 129 days median2015: 60 days median2016: 142 days median2017: 184 days median2018: 149 days median2019: 110 days median2020: 200 days median2021: 83 days median2022: 25 days median2023: 29 days median2024: 90 days median2025: 88 days median2026 (partial year): 68 days median
2007high 200 (2020) · low 25 (2022)2026

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

Recalls per year · KTT

2in 2021

2007: 22008: 12009: 22010: 12012: 42013: 72017: 12018: 142019: 32021: 22026 (partial year): 11
2007high 14 (2018) · low 0 (2011)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · KTT

673in 2025

2007: 452008: 662009: 452010: 1212011: 1962012: 5272013: 8982014: 4452015: 4012016: 4002017: 4852018: 5972019: 8002020: 9422021: 9612022: 6272023: 5542024: 5232025: 673
2007high 961 (2021) · low 45 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KTT, 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
2007955245
20081173166
20091194245
2010121481121
2011101570196
201291404527
20137877898
2014141290445
201512600401
2016101420400
2017111841485
2018614914597
201981103800
202092000942
202110832961
20223250627
20237290554
20245900523
202510880673
202656811—
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510(k) Report. “K954555: Versa-FX Femoral Fixation System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K954555

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