# K020590: Model 733HC Gravity/Vacuum Steam Sterilizer

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Getinge/Castle, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 20, 2002 after 26 days
- Product code: FLE (Sterilizer, Steam)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 880.6880
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K820783 (1982). 4 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K012573: Castle 400HC/500HC Series Steam Sterilizer, Models 422HC, 433HC, 522HC, and 533HC, Getinge/Castle, Inc. (2001) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K031259: Model 833HC Vacuum/Gravity Steam Sterilizer (2003), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Model 733HC Vacuum/Gravity Steam Sterilizer is intended for use by health care facilities and to be used to sterilize wrapped and unwrapped surgical instruments, linens and liquids (liquids not intended for direct patient contact) by means of pressurized steam.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K020590
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology