# K143640: KSEA CMOS Camera System (C-cam)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 17, 2015 after 269 days
- Product code: GCJ (Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery)
- 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: 1 generation back to K950862 (1995). 1 ancestor in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K950862: Karl Storz Endovision Tricam, Model 20221101 (20221001, Pal Format) Color Television Camera for Endoscopic Procedures, Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. (1995) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K222504: H1 (2022), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The C-cam camera head is designed for general endoscopic procedures in an operating room or a doctor’s office. The camera head is suitable for attachment to all standard KARL STORZ Endoscopes and Fiberscopes and must be used with a C-MAC monitor or C-HUB for observation purposes in general endoscopic procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K143640
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology