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Stainless Steel Soft Suture Wire

K990355510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 8, 1999153-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3030

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

Bregma International Trading Company, Ltd. · LRN Wire, Surgical

Cleared on Jul 8, 1999 after a 153-day review. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

Decided
Jul 8, 1999
Review
153 days
Class
Class II
Product code
LRN
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K990355Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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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 LRN devices

LRN Wire, Surgical: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LRN

FDA has decided no LRN device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · LRN

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

Recalls per year · LRN

1in 2019

2019: 1
2007high 1 (2019) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · LRN

81in 2025

2007: 32008: 202009: 312010: 132011: 62012: 252013: 1082014: 572015: 242016: 382017: 332018: 582019: 842020: 682021: 1182022: 1062023: 1402024: 872025: 81
2007high 140 (2023) · low 3 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LRN, 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
20070—03
20080—020
20090—031
20100—013
20110—06
20120—025
20130—0108
20140—057
20150—024
20160—038
20170—033
20180—058
20190—184
20200—068
20210—0118
20220—0106
20230—0140
20240—087
20250—081
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Stainless Steel Soft Suture Wire is intended for general orthopedic surgery such as sternum closure, fracture fixation of long boneg, and patella fracture fixation. The device is also intended for: soft tissue approximation such as abdomina! wound closure and hernia repair.

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. “K990355: Stainless Steel Soft Suture Wire.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K990355

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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