# K020526: Modification to Wilson-Cook Multiple Band Ligator

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Don Wilson/Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 19, 2002 after 28 days
- Product code: FHN (Ligator, Hemorrhoidal)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K944220 (1995). 1 ancestor in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K944220: Wilson Cook Multiple Band Ligator, Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc. (1995) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K060623: Shortshot Saeed Hemorrhoidal Multi-Band Ligator with Triview Anoscope (2006), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Used to ligate internal hemorrhoids.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K020526
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology