# K022393: Merdoc System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Stryker Endoscopy
- Decided: Jun 5, 2003 after 317 days
- Product code: GCJ (Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 6 generations back to K931783 (1993). 9 ancestors in all.
39 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 49 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K991444: Hermes Control Center, with Control of the Aesop 3000HR (Hermes Ready)., Computer Motion, Inc. (1999) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K121893: Stryker SDC3 HD Information Management System (2012), 14 descendants of its own
- K033135: Stryker Wireless Universal Footswitch System (2004), 13 descendants of its own
- K160332: Stryker SDC3 HD Information Management System with Wireless Device Control Capability (2016), 12 descendants of its own
- K053510: IR Wireless Foot Switch (2006), 12 descendants of its own
- K181258: ConnectedOR Hub with Device and Voice Control (2018), 10 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Stryker Sidne™ System is indicated for use with compatible endoscopic and general surgery devices. The Stryker Sidne™ System can be used in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, sinuscopy, and plastic surgery wherever a laparoscope lendoscope/arthroscope is indicated for use. A few examples of the more common endoscopic surgeries are laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hemia repair, laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection, laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy, laparoscopic & thorascopic anterior spinat fusion, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, knee arthroscopy. shoulder arthroscopy, small joint arthroscopy, decompression fixation, wedge resection, lung biopsy, pleural biopsy, dorsal sympathectomy, pleurodesis, internal mammary artery dissection for coronary artery bypass, coronary artery bypass grafting where endoscopic visualization is indicated and examination of the evacuated cardiac chamber during performance of valve replacement. The users of Sidne™ are general surgeons, gynecologists, cardiac surgeons, thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, ENT surgeons, and urologists.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K022393
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology