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Apr Metasul Acetabular Insert

K993569510(k) SpecialCleared Dec 1, 199941-day reviewClass III21 CFR 888.3330

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

Sulzermedica · KWA Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained (Metal Uncemented Acetabular Component)

Cleared on Dec 1, 1999 after a 41-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Dec 1, 1999
Review
41 days
Class
Class III
Product code
KWA
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K993569Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (2)

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
*—APR Acetabular System
Named without a submission number
—
*—Inter-Op Metasul Acetabular System
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 KWA devices

KWA Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained (Metal Uncemented Acetabular Component): FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · KWA

4in 2012

2007: 82008: 92009: 72010: 62011: 112012: 4
2007high 11 (2011) · low 0 (2013)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · KWA

76in 2012

2007: 74 days median2008: 57 days median2009: 139 days median2010: 167 days median2011: 101 days median2012: 76 days median
2007high 167 (2010) · low 57 (2008)2026

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

Recalls per year · KWA

19in 2023

2008: 132010: 842011: 282012: 212013: 12016: 12017: 12018: 12019: 22020: 12023: 19
2007high 84 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · KWA

1,216in 2025

2007: 2132008: 7622009: 8202010: 3,3482011: 17,7372012: 24,6012013: 20,0202014: 16,4942015: 12,3392016: 7,8722017: 6,8472018: 6,3882019: 7,6282020: 4,5382021: 2,0642022: 1,6172023: 1,4742024: 1,1682025: 1,216
2007high 24,601 (2012) · low 213 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code KWA, 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
20078740213
200895713762
200971390820
20106167843,348
2011111012817,737
20124762124,601
20130—120,020
20140—016,494
20150—012,339
20160—17,872
20170—16,847
20180—16,388
20190—27,628
20200—14,538
20210—02,064
20220—01,617
20230—191,474
20240—01,168
20250—01,216
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The APR Metasul Acetabular Inserts are intended for use with the APR Acetabular Shells and Metasul femoral heads in total hip arthroplasty for treatment of the following:

1. Patient conditions of non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease (NIDJD), e.g., osteoarthritis, post traumatic arthritis or avascular necrosis and inflammatory degenerative joint disease (IID), e.g., rheumatoid arthritis.

2. Those patients with failed previous surgery where pain, deformity or dysfunction persists.

3. Revision of previously failed hip arthroplasty.

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. “K993569: Apr Metasul Acetabular Insert.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 5, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K993569

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