# K102913: Forcetriad

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Covidien, Formerly Valleylab, A Division of Tyco H
- Decided: May 6, 2011 after 217 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: 3 generations back to K932293 (1994). 8 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 10 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K051644: Valleylab Forcetriad Electrosurgical Generator, Valleylab (2005)

## Most influential descendants
- K110695: Bipolar HF Device (2011), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The indications for use include general (including urologic, thoracic, plastic and reconstructive, arthroscopic), laparoscopic, and gynecologic procedures where electrosurgical cutting and coagulation of tissue, and sealing (fusion) of vessels and tissue bundles is performed, including such procedures as bowel resections, hysterectomies (both vaginal and abdominal), laparoscopic cholesystectomies, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomies, gall bladder procedures, Nissen fundoplication, adhesilysis, oophorectomy, etc. Vessels (arteries, veins, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, lymph) 7mm and smaller in diameter, and bundles as large as will fit in the jaws of the devices can be sealed with the LigaSure vessel sealing (tissue fusion) output.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K102913
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology