# K071530: Karl Storz Video Flexible Video Ent Endoscope System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.
- Decided: Aug 24, 2007 after 80 days
- Product code: EOQ (Bronchoscope (Flexible Or Rigid))
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 874.4680
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
26 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
0 of 27 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 no predicate by number.

## Most influential descendants
- K141366: Video Bronchoscope System (2014), 13 descendants of its own
- K182188: Ion Endoluminal System ; Flexision Biopsy Needle (2019), 12 descendants of its own
- K173760: Monarch Endoscopy Platform (Monarch Platform) (2018), 7 descendants of its own
- K202370: Ion Endoluminal System (2020), 5 descendants of its own
- K193534: Monarch Platform (2020), 5 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Karl Storz Video Bronchoscope System is intended for use by physicians for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in nasal, sinus and nasopharyngeal endoscopy, bronchoscopy, tracheoscopy and esophagoscopy and laryngoscopy. The Karl Storz Video Bronchoscope is intended to provide visualization via a video monitor.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071530
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology