# K160479: PointerShell Universal, PointerShell LS

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Fiagon GmbH
- Decided: Mar 23, 2016 after 30 days
- Product code: PGW (Ear, Nose, And Throat Stereotaxic Instrument)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 882.4560
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 5 generations back to K911783 (1994). 16 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
3 of 17 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K141456: The Fiagon Navigation - Extended Instrument Set Ent, Registrationpointer, Venterapointer, Guidewire, Pointershell, Fiagon GmbH (2014) Summary page 4.

## Indications for use
The PointerShell Universal and PointerShell LS are intended as an aid for precisely locating anatomical structures in either open or percutaneous procedures. It is indicated for use with the Fiagon Navigation system using electromagnetic navigation. Both the instruments are indicated for any medical condition in which the use of stereotactic surgery may be appropriate, and where reference to a rigid anatomical structure in the field of ENT surgery, such as the paranasal sinuses, mastoid anatomy, can be identified relative to a CT or MR based model of the anatomy. Example procedures include, but are not limited to: ENT Procedures; Transphenoidal access procedures. Intranasal procedures. Sinus procedures, such as Maxillary antrostomies, Ethmoidectomies, Sphenoidotomies/Sphenoid explorations, Turbinate resections, and Frontal sinusotomies. ENT related anterior skull base procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K160479
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology