# K163442: Single Use Micro Electrode (Brass with gold plated shaft); Single Use Micro Electrode (Stainless Steel shaft)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Modern Medical Equipment Manufacturing Limited
- Decided: Sep 28, 2017 after 294 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: 1 generation back to K944265 (1995). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K071343: Ellman Noble Alloy Electrodes, Ellman International, Inc. (2008) Summary page 5.
- K944265: Needle Elctrode, Unimed Surgical Products, Inc. (1995) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The electrode is used to cut and / or coagulate soft tissues by means of high frequency electrical current during an electrosurgical procedure

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K163442
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology