# K993975: Absolute Absorbable Interference Screw

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Innovasive Devices, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 20, 1999 after 26 days
- Product code: HWC (Screw, Fixation, Bone)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3040
- 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 K971358 (1997). 2 ancestors in all.
118 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 121 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K990454: Bio-Interference Screw, Innovasive Devices, Inc. (1999). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K900454, FDA’s number for Modified Low Powder Single Use Latex Exam Gloves (Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc.). Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “Innovasive Bio-Interference Screw”.

## Most influential descendants
- K013572: Mitek Biocryl Interference Screws (2002), 117 descendants of its own
- K032717: Biocryl Rapide Interference Screw (2004), 107 descendants of its own
- K060830: Milagro Interference Screw (2006), 103 descendants of its own
- K071176: Modification to: Arthrex Interference Screw (2007), 47 descendants of its own
- K073412: Gryphon BR and Healix BR Anchors (2008), 44 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The 11mm & 12mm Absolute™ Absorbable Interference Screws are intended for fixation of soft tissue grafts or bone-tendon-bone grafts during cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries of the knee.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K993975
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology