STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Unidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Bidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device— 510(k) K253572
Substantially EquivalentETHICON, Inc.
FDA 510(k) clearance K253572 for STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Unidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Bidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device, Substantially Equivalent on 2026-03-27. Applicant: ETHICON, Inc.. Device class: 2.
Summary
ETHICON's record names two products: the STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Unidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device and the STRATAFIX Spiral PRONOVA Bidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device. Both are filed under GAW, nonabsorbable synthetic polypropylene sutures.
Class II, 21 CFR 878.5010. General and Plastic Surgery is both the classification panel and the review panel. It was a Traditional 510(k).
ETHICON filed from Raritan, New Jersey. The decision came 130 calendar days after receipt (November 17, 2025 to March 27, 2026).
Clearance details
- Applicant
- ETHICON, Inc.
- Product code
- Product code GAW
- Device class
- Class 2
- Regulation
- 21 CFR 878.5010
- Advisory panel
- General, Plastic Surgery
- Date received
- Decision date
- Decision
- Substantially Equivalent
- Clearance type
- Traditional
- Location
- Raritan, NJ, US
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Adverse events under product code GAW
product code GAW- Death
- 66
- Injury
- 1,616
- Malfunction
- 10,428
- Total
- 12,110
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