# K024302: Precision Capillaries for Micromanipulation

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Brinkmann Instruments, Inc.
- Decided: Feb 19, 2003 after 57 days
- Product code: MQH (Microtools, Assisted Reproduction (Pipettes))
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 884.6130
- 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 K983596 (1999). 4 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K991700: Swemed Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Micro-Injection Pipettes; Holding Pipttes; Denuding Pipettes; Assisted/ZO, Swemed Lab International AB (1999) Summary page 1.
- K990847: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Micropipets (Icsi) Spermatid Icsi Micropipets, Holding Micropipets, Assisted Hatching M, Humagen Fertility Diagnostics, Inc. (1999) Summary page 1.
- K983713: Prodimed Microinjection Pipettes, Prodimed (1999) Summary page 1.
- K983596: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Micro-Injection Pipettes, Holding Pipettes, Denuding Pipettes, Assisted Hatching, Cook Ob/Gyn (1999) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
The Precision Capillaries for Micromanipulation are microcapillaries intended for the following uses in assisted reproduction procedures: Holding human oocytes, blastocysts, or other suspension cells Transferring and injecting sperm (or cells of a similar size) using the ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) technique

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K024302
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology