# K050005: Intuitive Surgical Monopolar Curved Scissors, Model 400179; Tip Cover Accessory, Model 400180

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 25, 2005 after 22 days
- Product code: NAY (System, Surgical, Computer Controlled Instrument)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: 2 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 6 generations back to K930667 (1994). 27 ancestors in all.
231 later devices descend from it; 7 cite it directly.
1 of 259 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K990144: Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instruments, Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2000) Summary page 1.
- K002489: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Endoscopic Control System, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2001) Summary page 1.
- K011002: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System, Model Isi 1000, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2001) Summary page 1.
- K013416: Intuitive Surgical Endowrist Endoscopic Instrument Family, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2002) Summary page 1.
- K021036: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System, Model IS1000, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2002) Summary page 1.
- K022574: Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System & Endoscopic Instruments, Model DA Vinci Isi 1000/1200, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2002) Summary page 1.
- K040237: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Endoscopic Instrument Control System and Endoscopic Instruments, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2004) Summary page 1.
- K043153: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic Instruments, Models IS1200 & IS1000, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (2004) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K050404: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic Instruments (2005), 229 descendants of its own
- K050802: Modification to Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci Surgical System and Endoscopic Instruments (2005), 228 descendants of its own
- K063220: DA Vinci S Surgical System-V1.1, Model IS2000 (2006), 224 descendants of its own
- K081137: Intuitive Surgical DA Vinci SI Surgical System: Model IS3000 (2009), 211 descendants of its own
- K060391: Intuitive Surgical Endowrist Stabilizer, Model 420182 (2006), 155 descendants of its own

## Recalls of this device
- May 8, 2013 · Class II · Z-1442-2013: Intuitive Surgical has identified a potential for some units of the Monopolar curved Scissors version 09 and 10 instruments to develop very small cracks near the distal end. This may create a pathway 
- Sep 23, 2011 · Class II · Z-1425-2013: Clarification of existing labeling and related cautions for the tip cover accessory of the da Vinci Surgical System.

## Indications for use
The Intuitive Surgical®Endoscopic Instrument Control System is intended to assist in the accurate control of Intuitive Surgical®Endoscopic Instruments including rigid endoscopes, blunt and sharp endoscopic dissectors, scissors, scalpels, ultrasonic shears, forceps/pick-ups, needle holders, endoscopic retractors, stabilizers, electrocautery and accessories for endoscopic manipulation of tissue, including grasping, cutting, blunt and sharp dissection, approximation, ligation, electrocautery, suturing, and delivery and placement of microwave ablation probes and accessories during general laparoscopic surgical procedures, general non-cardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures, and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The system can also be employed, with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization. It is intended for use by trained physicians in an operating room environment in accordance with the representative specific procedures set forth in the Professional Instructions for Use.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K050005
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology