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Monotube Carbon Tube

K963614510(k) TraditionalCleared Nov 6, 199657-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3040

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

Howmedica Corp. · JEC Component, Traction, Invasive

Cleared on Nov 6, 1996 after a 57-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Nov 6, 1996
Review
57 days
Class
Class II
Product code
JEC
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K963614Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Monotube® Carbon Tubes
Named without a submission number
—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

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.

How does its category compare?

All JEC devices

JEC Component, Traction, Invasive: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JEC

1in 2021

2007: 12008: 12009: 12011: 12014: 12016: 12018: 22019: 12020: 12021: 1
2007high 2 (2018) · low 0 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · JEC

Too few JEC 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · JEC

1in 2019

2008: 12016: 12018: 12019: 1
2007high 1 (2008) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · JEC

2in 2025

2007: 12008: 92009: 42010: 132011: 152012: 142013: 102014: 62015: 12016: 82017: 122018: 22019: 32020: 62021: 22022: 32023: 262024: 22025: 2
2007high 26 (2023) · low 1 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JEC, 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
20071—01
20081—19
20091—04
20100—013
20111—015
20120—014
20130—010
20141—06
20150—01
20161—18
20170—012
20182—12
20191—13
20201—06
20211—02
20220—03
20230—026
20240—02
20250—02
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Monotube® Carbon Tubes, previously cleared in a premarket 510(k) submission, are connecting elements for use with the Monotube® Clamps for the construction of external fixation frames.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K963614: Monotube Carbon Tube.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K963614

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026