# K132232: Mins Needlescopic Resposable Device System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Minilap Technologies
- Decided: Dec 4, 2013 after 139 days
- Product code: OCW (Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 7 generations back to K945975 (1994). 32 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 33 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K070686: Mini Lap Instruments, Mini Lap Technologies, Inc. (2007) Summary page 2.
- K113407: Snowden Pencer Laparoscopic Ergonomic Reposable Scissors, Carefusion 2200, Inc. (2012) Summary page 3.
- K982623: Aesculap Needlescopic Instrument System, Aesculap, Inc. (1998) Summary page 3.

## Indications for use
The MiNS grasping instruments are a family of minimally invasive devices with the means to penetrate soft issue to access certain areas of the human anatomy. The devices are used to grasp. hold, and manipulate other soft internal tissues as well as items such as hernia mesh.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K132232
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology