Product Classification

• Device: suture, nonabsorbable, synthetic, polypropylene
• Regulation Description: Nonabsorbable polypropylene surgical suture.
• Regulation Medical Specialty: General & Plastic Surgery
• Review Panel: General & Plastic Surgery
• Product Code: GAW
• Premarket Review: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Devices (DHT4B); Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Devices (DHT4B)
• Submission Type: 510(k)
• Regulation Number: 878.5010
• Device Class: 2
• Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC): TPLC Product Code Report
• GMP Exempt?: No
• Summary Malfunction Reporting: Ineligible
• Implanted Device?: Yes
• Life-Sustain/Support Device?: No

Recognized Consensus Standards

• 6-467 USP-NF M80200_04_01
  Nonabsorbable Surgical Suture
• 6-468 USP-NF M99670_02_01
  <881> Tensile Strength
• 6-469 USP-NF M99650_02_01
  <861> Sutures - Diameter
• 6-470 USP-NF M99660_03_01
  <871> Sutures - Needle Attachment
• 8-179 ASTM F754-08 (Reapproved 2015)
  Standard Specification for Implantable Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Sheet, Tube, and Rod Shapes Fabricated from Granular Molding Powders

Guidance Documents

• Guidance for Surgical Suture 510(k)s

• Surgical Sutures - Performance Criteria for Safety and Performance Based Pathway: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

• Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Surgical Sutures; Guidance for Industry and FDA

Third Party Review

Not Third Party Eligible