JeantheBigone's advise is spot on...speak to a lawyer
IANAL and these comments are given on my limited understand of corporate bankruptcy:
the law on this is horrendously complex and varies by country, as a general concept: corporate bankruptcy doesn't tend to go through court in the way individuals do, instead (if it is being closed down) an administrator (or trustees) is appointed who represents the creditors and shareholders. They are responsible for maximising the value returned (or minimising the lose) to these two groups by selling off the assets
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510k is an asset because it is intellectual property (IP), it has value and can be transferred
If you are a simple distributor who has no contractual rights to the IP, you are perfectly within your rights to approach the administrators and offer to buy the 510k; remember that they have an obligation to minimise the lose to the company creditors so they may approach other parties who would be interested (i.e. your competitors).
If you have a more complex relationship and have some contractual rights over the 510k then I'm guessing you may be in a more difficult situation because you may be classed as a creditor....in this case, definitely speak to a lawyer
For reference this FDA guidance on transferring 510ks may be of interest (
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/medic...onandguidance/guidancedocuments/ucm427385.pdf)