# K023095: Hermes Operating Room Control Center

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Computer Motion, Inc.
- Decided: Nov 15, 2002 after 58 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: 3 generations back to K931783 (1993). 5 ancestors in all.
9 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 15 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K973700: Hermes Operating Room Control Center, Computer Motion, Inc. (1998) Summary page 1.
- K003222: Modification to Hermes Operating Room Control Center, Computer Motion, Inc. (2000) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K024294: Modification to Hermes Operating Room Control Center (2003), 8 descendants of its own
- K030240: Modification to Hermes Operating Room Control Center (2003), 7 descendants of its own
- K052740: Nurse's Assistant 1.7 O.R. Control System (2005), 2 descendants of its own
- K060717: Nurse Assistant 1.7 O.R. Control System (2006), 1 descendant of its own
- K091648: Nurse's Assistant O.R. Control System ,1.8 (2009), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The H E M E S TM O.R. Control Center and Port Expander is indicated for use with Stryker Endoscopy 882 Camera, Stryker Quantum 5000 Light Source, Stryker SE5 Shaver, WOM 20L Insufflator, WOM 2.0L Arthroscopy Pump, Stryker Total Performance System, Berchtold Surgical Lights, Steris Amsco Table Model SP3085, AESOP@HEMES-ReadyTM, Valleylab Force FXTMElectro-surgical Unit, and Smith & Nephew Dyonics@Vision 635 Digital Image Management System. It can be used in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, and sinuscopy where a laparoscope/endoscope is indicated for use. A few examples of the more common endoscopic surgeries are laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia repair, laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection, laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy, laparoscopic & thoracoscopic anterior spinal fusion, 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 in indicated and examination of the evacuated cardiac chamber during performance of valve replacement. The users of the H E M E S O.R. Control Center are general surgeons, gynecologists, cardiac surgeons, thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, ENT surgeons and urologists.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K023095
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology