# K072124: Black and Black Electrosurgical Cutting and Coagulation Forceps and Electrodes

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Black & Black Surgical, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 18, 2008 after 169 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: 2 generations back to K000348 (2000). 2 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K033232: Colorado Microdissection Needle, Stryker Corp. (2004) Summary page 1.
- (no number) Valleylab Bayonet Forceps: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Conmed Bayonet Straight Tip with Cable: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Snowden-Pencer Endo-Plastic Electrosurgical Dissector: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Snowden-Pencer Monopolar Insulated Forceps: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Olsen Hand Activated Monopolar Forceps: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K143662: Bissinger Monopolar Forceps and Cables (2015), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Black and Black Surgical monopolar electrodes and forceps are reusable devices intended for use in surgical procedures (such as general, urologic, thoracic, plastic and reconstructive, gynecologic, arthroscopic) where the surgeon desires monopolar radio-frequency electrosurgical energy to cut and/or coagulate soft tissue.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K072124
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology