# K113597: Mini-Lap Bipolar Electrocautery Devices

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Minilap Technologies
- Decided: Jun 3, 2012 after 181 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 K945975 (1994). 7 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 9 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K023813: Bipolar Forceps, Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. (2003) Summary page 2.
- K070686: Mini Lap Instruments, Mini Lap Technologies, Inc. (2007) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K172775: MiniLap System with MiniGrip Handle, MiniLap System with ThumbGrip Handle (2018), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The MiniLap Technologies family of Bipolar instruments with bipolar cautery have applications in a variety of general, thoracic, gynecologic (except for use in female sterilization), urologic, laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures for manipulation and coagulation of tissue.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K113597
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology