# K030890: Switchblade

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Snowden Pencer, Inc.
- Decided: Apr 4, 2003 after 14 days
- Product code: GEI (Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 5 generations back to K945975 (1994). 16 ancestors in all.
3 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 20 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K001330: Sovereign Bipolar Instruments, Aesculap, Inc. (2000)
- K962119: RE-New Laparoscopic Instruments, Microline Pentax, Inc. (1996) Summary page 2.
- (no number) Cooper Surgical (NU-TIP): named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Marlow (NU-TIP): named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K113407: Snowden Pencer Laparoscopic Ergonomic Reposable Scissors (2012), 1 descendant of its own
- K132232: Mins Needlescopic Resposable Device System (2013), 0 descendants of its own
- K123260: Detachatip Iii (2012), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Switch-Blade disposable scissor tips are supplied sterile and are intended for single use. The disposable scissor tips in conjunction with the reusable scissor shaft are intended to be connected to an Electrosurgical Unit via cables to allow high frequency monopolar cutting and coagulation of tissue.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K030890
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology