GYNECARE TVT Reusable Introducer, GYNECARE TVT Reusable Rigid Catheter Guide, GYNECARE TVT EXACT Continence System Trocar

FDA 510(k) K173019 · ETHICON, Inc.

Substantially Equivalent

510(k) numberK173019

Submission

Device name
GYNECARE TVT Reusable Introducer, GYNECARE TVT Reusable Rigid Catheter Guide, GYNECARE TVT EXACT Continence System Trocar
Applicant
ETHICON, Inc.
Somerville, NJ, US
Received
September 28, 2017
Decision date
July 6, 2018
Decision
Substantially Equivalent (SESE)
Type
Traditional 510(k)
Summary
510(k) summary available from FDA

Official FDA 510(k) record

Device classification

Product code
PWJ – Instrumentation, Surgical Mesh, Urogynecologic, Stress Urinary Incontinence
Device class
Class II (moderate risk)
Regulation
21 CFR 884.4910
Specialty
Obstetrics/Gynecology

Used to aid in insertion, placement, fixation, or anchoring of surgical mesh for stress urinary incontinence

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Questions and answers

When was GYNECARE TVT Reusable Introducer, GYNECARE TVT Reusable Rigid Catheter Guide, GYNECARE TVT EXACT Continence System Trocar cleared by the FDA?

GYNECARE TVT Reusable Introducer, GYNECARE TVT Reusable Rigid Catheter Guide, GYNECARE TVT EXACT Continence System Trocar (K173019) received a 510(k) decision of Substantially Equivalent on July 6, 2018, 281 days after the submission was received.

What is the product code of K173019?

The FDA product code is PWJ – Instrumentation, Surgical Mesh, Urogynecologic, Stress Urinary Incontinence, a Class II (moderate risk) device regulated under 21 CFR 884.4910.