# K071859: Stryker Crossfire System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Stryker Endoscopy
- Decided: Sep 20, 2007 after 77 days
- Product code: GEI (Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- 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: 7 generations back to K011083 (2001). 35 ancestors in all.
4 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 40 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K032303: Stryker Consolidated Operating Room Equipment (Core) System, Stryker Instruments (2004) Summary page 1.
- K041810: Serfas Energy System, Stryker Endoscopy (2004) Summary page 1.
- K973195: Total Performance System Shaver, Stryker Endoscopy (1997) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K162770: Relign System (2017), 2 descendants of its own
- K233493: Tricera Arthroscopic System; Tricera Controller (R-10001); Tricera Shaver Handpiece (R-10023); Veriflow (R-10003); Exoflow (R-10017); 3-in-1 Shaver 4.2mm (R-10008); 3-in-1 Shaver 5.0mm (R-10014); Dynablator (R-10005); Standard Burr (R-10021); Standard Shaver 3.4mm (R-10012); Curved Standard Shaver 3.4mm (R-10024) (2023), 1 descendant of its own
- K252666: Articulator Arthroscopic Bur (2025), 0 descendants of its own
- K241008: Tricera Arthroscopic System; Tricera Controller (R-10001); Tricera Handpiece, Autoclavable  (R-10023); Veriflow (R-10003); Exoflow (R-10017); 3-in-1 Shaver 4.2mm (R-10008); 3-in-1 Shaver 5.0mm (R-10014); Dynablator (R-10005); Standard Burr 5.0mm (R-10021); Standard Shaver 3.4mm (R-10012); Curved Standard Shaver 3.4mm (R-10024); Curved Standard Ball Burr XL, 5.0mm (R-10025); Curved Shaver XL 4.2mm (R-10026); Curved Dynablator, XL (R-10027) (2024), 0 descendants of its own

## Recalls of this device
- Oct 24, 2011 · Not classified · Z-0265-2012: An increased number of complaints for tip breaks were observed for the 3.5mm Super 90-S SERFAS Energy Suction Probes manufactured from June to August 2011.
- Jun 28, 2010 · Not classified · Z-2193-2010: RF energy or powered shaver handpieces may continue to operate when not intended when used with the iSwitch Wireless Foot switch.

## Indications for use
The Stryker Crossfire System is intended for use in orthopedic and arthroscopic procedures for the following joints: knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow, wrist, and hip. The Crossfire System provides abrasion, resection, debridement and removal of bone and soft tissue through its shaver blade; and the ablation and coagulation of soft tissue, as well as hemostasis of blood vessels, through its electrosurgical probe. Examples of uses of the product include resection of torn knee cartilage, subacromial decompression, and resection of synovial tissue in other joints.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071859
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology