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Oval Shapes

K973385510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 5, 199788-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3025

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

Technical Products, Inc. · HXA Prosthesis, Tendon, Passive

Cleared on Dec 5, 1997 after an 88-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Dec 5, 1997
Review
88 days
Class
Class II
Product code
HXA
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K973385Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA 510(k) statement (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?

FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

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 HXA devices

HXA Prosthesis, Tendon, Passive: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · HXA

1in 2025

2025: 1
2007high 1 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HXA

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

Recalls per year · HXA

No recall names HXA since 2007.

Adverse event reports per year · HXA

1in 2021

2008: 12009: 12012: 22013: 22014: 12016: 12018: 12019: 32021: 1
2007high 3 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HXA, 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
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20150—00
20160—01
20170—00
20180—01
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20200—00
20210—01
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20230—00
20240—00
20251—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The purchaser shall sufficiently inform themselves regarding the

use of silicone materials in any surgical procedure to insure its

proper use.

Sit-Tec Medical Grade Oval Shape is a soft, radiopaque silicon

elastomer shape intended for reconstruction and surgical repair

procedures. Some uses have been:

1. As temporary stents for the formation of new tendon sheaths

2. Other surgical repair procedures demanding a highly inert

and flexible oval shaped material

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA 510(k) statement, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K973385: Oval Shapes.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K973385

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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