# K070997: Doro Non-Stick Bipolar Forceps, Model 5001-XX to 5012-XX, Doro Bipolar Reusable Cables, Model 5015-XX

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Pro-Med Instruments GmbH
- Decided: May 16, 2007 after 37 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: 4 generations back to K923332 (1992). 6 ancestors in all.
14 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 21 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K051429: Claris Non-Stick Bipolar Forceps, Guenter Bissinger Medizintechnik GmbH (2005) Summary page 2.
- K992931: Non-Stick Bipolar Forceps, Silverglide Surgical Technologies (1999) Summary page 1.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K061863: Arthrex Corkscrew Suture Anchor, Tak, and Pushlock Family, Arthrex, Inc. (2006). Our reading of the summary gave K061863, FDA’s number for Arthrex Corkscrew Suture Anchor, Tak, and Pushlock Family (Arthrex, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Stryker Silverglide Bipolar Forceps Reusable Cables”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K083162: Stingray Electrosurgical Forceps (2009), 13 descendants of its own
- K093108: Stryker Bipolar Forceps (2010), 10 descendants of its own
- K152219: PK AIM (2015), 3 descendants of its own
- K110143: Het Bipolar Electrocautery Forceps (2011), 3 descendants of its own
- K161825: PK AIM (2016), 2 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The DORO® Bipolar Reusable Cables are designed to conduct electrical power from the output of a high frequency electrosurgical generator to the instrument. The DORO ® Non-Stick Bipolar Forceps are designed to grasp, manipulate and coagulate selected tissue and are intended for use in general surgical procedures, They are connected through a suitable bipolar cable with the bipolar output of an electrosurgical generator. Bipolar forceps must only be used with bipolar coagulation current. Coagulation is achieved using electrosurgical energy generated by the electrosurgical generator unit and activated by a footswitch, The DORO® NON-STICK Bipolar Forceps have not been shown to be effective for tubal sterilization or tubal coagulation for sterilization procedures and should not be used for these procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K070997
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology