← Product Code [KGS](/submissions/SU/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/KGS) · K813581

# CRUCIATE LIGAMENT BUTTON (K813581)

_Biomet, Inc. · KGS · Mar 23, 1982 · General, Plastic Surgery · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Biomet, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [KGS](/submissions/SU/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/KGS.md)
- **Decision Date:** Mar 23, 1982
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 878.4930
- **Device Class:** Class 1
- **Review Panel:** General, Plastic Surgery

## Regulatory Identification

A suture retention device is a device, such as a retention bridge, a surgical button, or a suture bolster, intended to aid wound healing by distributing suture tension over a larger area in the patient.

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