Table 1. Public availability of clinical and scientific evidence for the meshes that have led to over 100 off-spring devices.

Device Name	Manufacturer	510K Number	Date cleared	Summary	Evidence mentioned / Data Provided	Number of descendants
Mersilene Mesh	Ethicon INC	-	Pre 1976	-	None	183
SUPPLE PERI-GUARD	BIO-VASCULAR, INC.	K923657	12/21/1992	No summary available	None	167
BARD MARLEX MESH DART	C.R. Bard, INC	K922916	08/24/1992	No Summary available	None	162
PROLENE PROPROPYLENE MESH NONABSORBABLE SYNTHETIC SURGICAL MESH	ETHICON, INC.	-	Pre 1976	-	None	120
MODIFIED PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH NONABSORBABLE SYNTHETIC SURGICAL MESH	ETHICON, INC.	K962530	08/09/1996	Summary available	No clinical evidence Bench testing: Only Burst strength test	119
DEXON 'S' POLYGLYCOLIC ACID MESH	Davis & Geck, INC	K830889	05/09/1983	No Summary available	None	118
PROLENE SOFT (POLYPROPYLENE), NONABSORBABALE SYNTHETIC SURGICAL MESH	ETHICON, INC.	K001122	05/23/2000	Summary available	No clinical evidence Nonclinical laboratory testing was not performed According to the manufacturer bench testing was performed but the details were not provided	115
TISSUE PATCH, TISSUE GRAFT	BIO-VASCULAR, INC.	K921895	11/04/1992	Statement available	None	106
TRELEX NATURAL(R) MESH	MEADOX MEDICALS, DIV. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.	K945377	12/08/1994	No summary available	None	104
GORE-TEX SOFT TISSUE PATCH,SURGICAL MEMBRANE,MESH	W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES,INC	K930822	01/28/1994	No summary available	None	104
SURGICAL FABRICS	BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.	K963226	11/15/1996	Summary available	No clinical evidence According to the manufacturer bench testing was performed but details were not provided	103