# K141326: Needle View CH Scope Kits

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Biovision Technologies, LLC
- Decided: Oct 8, 2014 after 140 days
- Product code: HRX (Arthroscope)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.1100
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 6 generations back to K833587 (1983). 38 ancestors in all.
3 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 42 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K082293: Surgview Integrated Visualization System, Biovision Technologies, LLC (2008) Summary page 4.
- K051827: Joimax Endoscope/Multiscope, Thessys Foraminoscope/Multiscope, Thessys Laminoscope/Multiscope, Joimax GmbH (2005) Summary page 4.
- K083552: Maxmorespine Tom Stick, Hoogland Spine Products, GmbH (2009) Summary page 4.
- K082841: Spinal Foraminoscope, Blazejewski Medi-Tech GmbH (2009) Summary page 4.
- K973405: Yeung Endoscopic Spine System, Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. (1998) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K181982: MIDAScope and Introducer Kit, and MIDASystem (2018), 2 descendants of its own
- K243020: MIDASVu (2024), 1 descendant of its own
- K252579: Orthoscan TAU MVP Mini C-Arm System (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
This system is indicated to be used by a trained physician to provide illumination and visualization of an interior cavity of the body through a natural or surgical opening in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures. Examples of surgical use include but are not limited to procedures on the knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow, wrist, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), spinal, ophthalmic, ENT, and the cervix.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K141326
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology
