# K020338: Stealthstation with Fluoromerge Software

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medtronic Surgical Navigation Technologies
- Decided: Feb 27, 2002 after 26 days
- Product code: HAW (Neurological Stereotaxic Instrument)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 882.4560
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
279 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
2 of 280 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) StealthStation System: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K053610: Abaris (2006), 278 descendants of its own
- K121498: Percunav (2012), 222 descendants of its own
- K132304: Epiq Diagnostic Ultrasound System (2013), 211 descendants of its own
- K160807: EPIQ 5 Diagnostic Ultrasound System, EPIQ 7Diagnostic Ultrasound System, Affiniti 50 Diagnostic Ultrasound System, Affiniti 70 Diagnostic Ultrasound System (2016), 100 descendants of its own
- K133833: Nuvis Diagnostic Ultrasound System (2014), 87 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The StealthStation® System is intended as an aid for precisely locating anatomical structures in either open or percutaneous procedures. The StealthStation® System is indicated for any medical condition in which the use of stereotactic surgery may be appropriate, and where reference to a rigid anatomical structure, such as the skull, a long bone, or vertebra, can be identified relative to a CT or MR based mode! or fluoroscopy images of the anatomy. Example procedures include, but are not limited to: Spinal Precedures: Spinal Implant, such as pedicle screw procedures Cranial Procedures: Cranial biopsies Tumor resections Craniotomies/ Craniectomies Skull base procedures Thalamotomies/Pallidotomies Pituitary Tumor Removal CSF Leak Repair ENT Procedures: Transphenoidal procedures Intranasal procedures Sinus procedures, such as Maxillary antrostomies, Ethmoidectomies, Sphenoidotomies/Sphenoid explorations, Turbinate resections, and Frontal sinusotomies Orbital Decompression Procedures Optic Nerve Decompression Procedures Polyposis Procedures Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy Encephalocele Procedures Orthopedic Indications: Total Knee Arthroplasty (Primary and Revision) Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K020338
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology