# K981299: Silverlon Contact Wound Dressing

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Argentum International, LLC
- Decided: Sep 25, 1998 after 169 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
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K914579 (1992). 4 ancestors in all.
149 later devices descend from it; 13 cite it directly.
0 of 154 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K970566: Arglaes Film Dressing, Maersk Medical, Ltd. (1997) Summary page 1.
- K955453: Acticoat Silver Coated Dressing, Westaim Technologies, Inc. (1996) Summary page 1.
- K890354: Tegapore Wound Contact Material, Product #563X, 3M Company (1989) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- 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
- K090206: Oculus Puracyn Antimicrobial Skin and Wound Cleanser (2009), 37 descendants of its own
- K100918: Vashe Wound Therapy System Model: 9000-0014 (2010), 31 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Silverlon™ Contact Wound Dressings are sterile, non-adherent dressings intended for local management of partial thickness burns, incisions, skin grafts, donor sites, lacerations, abrasions, and Stage I-IV dermal ulcers (vascular, venous, pressure, and diabetic).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K981299
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology