# K030096: Video Arthroscope, Models AR-3050-30, AR-3050T-30, AR-3050-70, AR-3051-30, AR-3052-30, AR3030AN, AR-3030AS, AR3030AW

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 18, 2003 after 67 days
- Product code: HRX (Arthroscope)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.1100
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
32 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 33 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) Smith & Nephew predicate device: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K072879: Innervue Diagnostic Scope System (2008), 30 descendants of its own
- K082293: Surgview Integrated Visualization System (2008), 21 descendants of its own
- K093717: C-Mor Visualization Device (2010), 16 descendants of its own
- K141119: Camera Enabled Probe (2014), 7 descendants of its own
- K102733: Vision-Sciences Ent-5000 Video Ent Scope with Endosheath Technology, Vision-Sciences Dpu-5000/Dpu-5050 Video Processor (2011), 7 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Arthrex Arthroscopes are indicated for use in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic procedures to provide illumination and visualization of the shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle, wrist, and jaw, and also to provide illumination and visualization during arthroscopic diagnostic procedures and removal of loose bodies and soft tissue within the hip joint as sizehength appropriate. Hip diagnostic procedures may include: Staging of avascular necrosis Chondral injuries Joint sepsis Synovial chondromatosis Unresolved hip pain Labral tears

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K030096
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology