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PDS II (POLYDIOXANOE) SUTURE DYED & UNDYED

FDA premarket approval N18331/S027 · decided 1997-05-12

Approval details

PMA number
N18331
Supplement
S027
Supplement type
Normal 180 Day Track
Supplement reason
Change Design/Components/Specifications/Material
Trade name
PDS II (POLYDIOXANOE) SUTURE DYED & UNDYED
Generic name
Suture, surgical, absorbable, polydioxanone
Applicant
ETHICON, Inc.
Date received
1996-09-23
Decision date
1997-05-12
Days to decision
231 days
Decision code
APPR
Product code
NEW
Advisory committee
General, Plastic Surgery
Expedited review
No
Location
Somerville, NJ
Statement
APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF PDS II (POLYDIOXANONE) SUTURE AS A COMPONENT OF THE ETHICON ENDOSUTURE SYSTEM AND FOR THE ADDITION OF ETHICON LTD., SCOTLAND, (ETHICON, LTD., P.O. BOX 408, BANKHEAD AVE., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND AND ETHICON, LTD., KIRKTON CAMPUS, LIVINGSTON, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND) AS A MANUFACTURER OF PDS II SUTURE USED IN THE ETHICON ENDOSUTURE SYSTEM AND FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SYSTEM COMPONENTS. THE DEVICE, AS MODIFIED, WILL BE MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME ETHICON ENDOSUTURE SYSTEM AND I

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