FDA cleared the PDS™ Plus Antibacterial (Polydioxanone) Sterile Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture from ETHICON, Inc. on Nov 12, 2025 under K243897, a traditional 510(k). The device falls under product code NEW, Suture, Surgical, Absorbable, Polydioxanone, regulated at 21 CFR 878.4840 as a Class 2 device. The review panel was General, Plastic Surgery.

FDA logged the submission as received on Dec 19, 2024. The decision came 328 days later, longer than the 90 FDA-day review goal, which usually means at least one additional information request.

ETHICON, Inc. has 6 other decisions in the tracker over the last 12 months: K253394 (Coated VICRYL™ (Polyglactin 910) Plus Antibacterial Suture), K252047 (STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices), K253572 (STRATAFIX™ Spiral PRONOVA™ Unidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device STRATAFIX™ Spiral PRONOVA™ Bidirectional Knotless Tissue Control Device), K253852 (MONOCRYL™ Plus Antibacterial Poliglecaprone – 25 (Monofilament), Sterile Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Suture).