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Acumed Suture Anchor

K980103510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 16, 199863-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

Acu Med, Inc. · MBI Fastener, Fixation, Nondegradable, Soft Tissue

Cleared on Mar 16, 1998 as substantially equivalent to K953877 (Mitek Surgical Products, Inc., 1995) and 2 other predicates after a 63-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 1993.

Decided: Mar 16, 1998
Review: 63 days
Class: Class II
Product code: MBI
Recalls: None
Predicates: 3

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K926384 (1993). 3 ancestors in all. No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

By dateBy generation

Root · 1 generation backK926384 Statak & Mini-Statak Soft Tissue Attachment DeviceZimmer, Inc. · 1993
This deviceK980103 Acumed Suture AnchorAcu Med, Inc. · 1998

View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

Generation	Number	Device	Applicant	Decided	Recalls
−1	K926384	Statak & Mini-Statak Soft Tissue Attachment Device	Zimmer, Inc.	1993	—
0 (this device)	K980103	Acumed Suture Anchor	Acu Med, Inc.	1998	—

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year cleared	Devices	With a Class I recall
1994	1	0
1995	1	0

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K980103, 1993–1998Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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? (3)

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.

Type	Number	Device	Applicant	Decided	Recalls
*	K953877	Mitek Gii Anchor Summary page 1 …Contact: Shari Jeffers Labeling/Promotional Materials: See Appendix D Substantial Equivalence: This device is identical in indication to the Mitek GII and SuperAnchor (K953877), the Zimmer Statak (K926384), and the Linvatec Revo (K941691). This device is most similar in design to the Zimmer Statak and th…	Mitek Surgical Products, Inc.	1995	—
*	K926384	Statak & Mini-Statak Soft Tissue Attachment Device Summary page 1 …ing/Promotional Materials: See Appendix D Substantial Equivalence: This device is identical in indication to the Mitek GII and SuperAnchor (K953877), the Zimmer Statak (K926384), and the Linvatec Revo (K941691). This device is most similar in design to the Zimmer Statak and the Linvatec Revo devices in th…	Zimmer, Inc.	1993	—
*	K941691	Revo Rotator Cuff Repair System Summary page 1 …pendix D Substantial Equivalence: This device is identical in indication to the Mitek GII and SuperAnchor (K953877), the Zimmer Statak (K926384), and the Linvatec Revo (K941691). This device is most similar in design to the Zimmer Statak and the Linvatec Revo devices in that all three are based on screw d…	Linvatec Corp.	1994	—

Also cleared against K953877: 7 other devices →

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.

What does this lineage say?

None of the 3 ancestors has a recall.
7 other devices also cite its predicate K953877.

How does its category compare?

All MBI devices

MBI Fastener, Fixation, Nondegradable, Soft Tissue: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · MBI

27in 2025

2007high 52 (2023) · low 10 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · MBI

58in 2025

2007high 107 (2021) · low 30 (2024)2026

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

Recalls per year · MBI

1in 2025

2007high 24 (2007) · low 0 (2014)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · MBI

3,826in 2025

2007high 3,826 (2025) · low 240 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code MBI, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table

Year	Decisions	Median 510(k) review, days	Recalls (Class I)	MAUDE reports
2007	16	80	24	240
2008	10	69	6	338
2009	19	82	2	355
2010	17	76	3	291
2011	30	75	23	328
2012	24	94	6	371
2013	31	100	2	442
2014	23	101	0	504
2015	23	85	0	507
2016	17	94	0	795
2017	17	70	4	675
2018	16	91	2	1,072
2019	31	90	0	1,303
2020	35	83	1	1,454
2021	18	107	0	1,890
2022	19	64	0	1,591
2023	52	57	1	2,503
2024	22	30	1	3,779
2025	27	58	1	3,826
2026	30	63	0	—

What is it indicated for?

This device is intended for anchoring soft tissue to bone in rotator cuff repairs of the shoulder and soft tissue repair of the foot and ankle.

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

https://510kreport.com/device/K980103 · printed Nov 5, 2026

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510(k) Report. “K980103: Acumed Suture Anchor.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K980103

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Record history

FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
Page last updated Nov 3, 2026