# Circon Corp.

- Location (FDA's records): Santa Barbara, CA
- FDA decisions: 6 (1997–1999): 6 510(k) clearances
- Product codes: KNY (1), KNF (1), GCX (1), HEW (1), HEX (1), FAS (1)
- Predicates its devices cite: 6 (1 its own); citations of its devices by later devices: 10 (1 its own)
- Recalls linked to its devices: 0 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Firms whose devices it cites most
- Cook Urological, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/cook-urological)
- Boston Scientific Corp: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/boston-scientific)
- Cabot Medical Corp.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/cabot-medical)
- Davol Inc., Sub. C. R. Bard, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/davol-sub-c-r-bard)
- Stryker Corp.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/stryker)

## Firms that cite its devices most
- Acmi Corporation: 2 (https://510kreport.com/company/acmi)
- Olympus Surgical Technologies America: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/olympus-surgical-technologies-america)
- Roei Medical Technologies, Ltd.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/roei-medical-technologies)
- Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/olympus-winter-ibe)
- Gyrus Acmi, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/gyrus-acmi)
- New Wave Surgical Corporation: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/new-wave-surgical)
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/intuitive-surgical)
- American Medical Systems, Inc.: 1 (https://510kreport.com/company/american-medical-systems)

## Its most-cited devices
- K973820: Usa Elite System Vaportrode Vaporization Electrode and Vaportome Resection Electrode (1998), cited by 5
- K981611: Snap-N-Peel Introducers (1998), cited by 2
- K992126: Circon Surgiflex Wave Tsunami Suction-Irrigation System (1999), cited by 2
- K980972: Rigid Culdoscope and Accessories (1998), cited by 1

## Recent decisions
- K992544: Transvaginal Hydro Laparoscopy (THL) System (Oct 26, 1999)
- K992126: Circon Surgiflex Wave Tsunami Suction-Irrigation System (Aug 3, 1999)
- K981611: Snap-N-Peel Introducers (Jul 30, 1998)
- K980972: Rigid Culdoscope and Accessories (Jun 12, 1998)
- K973820: Usa Elite System Vaportrode Vaporization Electrode and Vaportome Resection Electrode (May 12, 1998)
- K964594: Vaportrode Vaporization Electrode -Grooved/Fluted/Spiked (Gve-B,Gve-F,Gve-S) & Vaportomme Vaporization Loop (Gve-LG) (Aug 15, 1997)

Source page: https://510kreport.com/company/circon